A United States African-American soldier of the 1st Brigade, 7th Cavalry gestures to the Vietnamese farmers and their children to get out of their hut in Que Son Valley during the Vietnam War as part of Operation Wallowa. A white soldier directs the Vietnamese villagers away from their hut. The Vietnamese stand behind bushes with other villagers one by one. Vietnamese woman holds her infant son. The infant son’s hair is shaved except for a small spot of hair near the forehead, in Da A Fu or "A Fu" Chinese style.
Archway over a street in Nha Trang. Entrance to the Long Sơn Pagoda (22 Đ. 23/10, Phương sơn, Thành phố Nha Trang, Khánh Hòa 650000, Vietnam). The iconic white Buddha statue on a hill at Long Sơn Pagoda. The temple in the foreground. The statue and surrounding area. Trees in the temple compound. Steps leading up to the statue. Incense offerings in front of the white Buddha.
Hotels in Saigon, Vietnam within District 1. Cars and pedestrians on the road outside the Continental Palace Hotel (132 - 134 Dong Khoi Street, District 1, Ho Chi Minh City 70000 Vietnam). American tourists, Waiters, and housekeepers inside the hotel. Americans dine at the hotel. A Vietnamese policeman directs traffic outside the Carravelle Hotel (19-23 Lam Son Square, Bến Nghé, Quận 1, Thành phố Hồ Chí Minh, Vietnam). Wide and close views of Carravelle Hotel.
A CV-2 Caribou airplane taxis to a stop during Operation Cedar Falls at Tan Son Nhut Airfield, South Vietnam. U.S. Soldiers board the CV-2. Soldiers get off the CV-2 at Lai Ke. (Vietnam War period).
Opening slate identifies this footage as from "Operation Rio Grande" which ran from November 20-27, 1967. It was a Search and Destroy mission which incorporated the U.S. Marines 5th and 7th Brigades along with Republic of Vietnam marines and Army units during the Vietnam War. Patrolling marines walk across a field. Next, marines are seen crossing a crude log bridge on a road through jungles. View from rear of a marine approaching a thatched roofed dwelling, where he joins other marines. Some weapons are seen on the ground. They gather at a low entrance to the house where another marine is searching inside. He comes out carrying an automatic pistol that he hands to another marine. The marines search other houses in the small cluster of homes. Several marines gather outside the huts. One speaks on a PRC-25 radio. They begin moving away from the area. In a different area, a marine pulls a cover off a hole in the ground which conceals an entry to a tunnel. He slowly crawls into it. He passes a large roll of paper, covered with plastic, to a marine standing outside the tunnel entrance. As he emerges from the tunnel he passes an orange-colored object to the marine outside.
Vietnamese villagers assemble in open field with U.S. soldiers of the 1st Brigade, 7th Cavalry in Que Son Valley during the Vietnam War. Vietnamese villagers are being briefed by American and South Vietnamese (ARVN) soldiers. Vietnamese villagers, with head scarf-wearing women holding their young children, squat in field in Que Son Valley.
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