Contract airlines supplementing the armed forces in airlifting cargo at Cam Ranh bay airbase in Vietnam during the Vietnam War. United Air Lines Douglas DC-8 climbing after take off. Mountains in the background. Airmen standing nearby and the freight being off loaded from World Airways Boeing 707-320C. World Airways insignia and part of airlines name. Air policemen in armed jeep observing the unloading operation.
Contract airlines supplementing the U.S. armed forces in airlifting passengers at Cam Ranh bay airbase in Vietnam during the Vietnam War. Boeing 707 in flight over the airbase and goes in for a landing. Pan American DC-6 passenger airplane taxis in; ramp being pushed up to the aircraft. U.S. soldiers debarking and loading into chartered R&R bus. The bus leaves the area.
Contract airlines supplementing the armed forces in airlifting cargo at Tan Son Nhut airbase in Vietnam during the Vietnam War. Pan American Boeing 707-320Cs parked on the airbase. Freight being unloaded from the airplanes. Air policeman watches. 'Pan Am' insignia on the plane.
Combat operations of the United States Army 1st Infantry Division soldiers in Lai Khe, South Vietnam during the Vietnam War. Jet air strike. Smoke billows skyward. Soldiers walk out of the jungle and cross rice paddies. Vientamese civilian peasants work on a field. An airplane in flight in the background. U.S. Army soldiers working around a M-113 Armored Personnel Carriers (APCs) at overnight campsite. A soldier drinks soda from a can. Soldier hauls equipment out of vehicle, including a bazooka or anti-tank recoilless rifle (possibly M20 or M67). Soldiers sorting uniform clothing parts, including an African American soldier. Other soldier seated in front of a tent, reading a letter. One of the soldiers reading newspaper comics and the other writes a letter.
Combat operations of the United States Army 1st Infantry Division soldiers in Lai Khe, South Vietnam during the Vietnam War. Soldiers aboard M-113 Armored Personnel carrier (APC) and M-578 Vehicle Track Retriever (VTR). The vehicles move out raising a great deal of dust. Houses and trees in the background.
Combat operations of the United States Army 1st Infantry Division soldiers in Lai Khe, South Vietnam during the Vietnam War. Soldiers walking through the jungle. Some of the soldiers rest in the jungle. A soldier places a claymore mine in the ground. United States Army UH-1D Iroquois helicopter in clearing. Soldiers walk along the way. They pass soldiers carrying bags of rice in the opposite direction. Bags of rice on the ground. UH-1Ds land. Soldiers rush out of the jungle and board the helicopters. The helicopters take off. Aerial view of the grassy field. A soldier holds M-16 rifle seated aboard a helicopter.