Road and highway construction in Vietnam. Dirt being dumped along the road. Graders spread and level the dirt. Trees and bush houses in the background. Water tankers spray the roadway and heavy roller hardens the surface.
Road and highway construction in Vietnam. Men work on the construction of a highway. Trucks dump loads of dirt along the roadway. Road graders spread and level the dirt. Trees and bush huts in the background. Men on motor bikes pass along the roadway.
A United States chaplain officiates a field memorial service during the Vietnam War. Soldiers seated on the ground in front of the chaplain. The Roman Catholic chaplain conducts the Mass. The flag of the United States flutters from a tall, tilted flagpole, atop a bunker in the background. Closeup of the chaplain reading the text of the mass from a liturgical Missal, held by an assistant. He raises the communion (Eucharist) elements, host (bread), and chalice of wine, as he speaks. The soldiers read from pamphlets as they follow the mass. Over-the-shoulder closeup of one soldier with his pamphlet. The chaplain takes of the bread and cup, himself, and then places bread (communion wafers) in the mouths of individual soldiers who come forward to receive communion. View of one soldier sitting cross-legged in contemplation, or prayer. The soldiers return their pamphlets to the Chaplain's assistant and disperse.
The U.S. 173rd Airborne Brigade Combat Team on search and destroy mission, Operation Hump in Vietnam. Officer walks with other soldiers. The officer talks on telephone. Soldiers pass through a village of Thien Long Tu . Children watch the soldiers passing. Soldiers walk along a road. Soldiers in town of Ben Cat. Civilians move in the town.
The U.S. 1st Cavalry Division bases and camps in Vietnam. An aerial view of the road through a hilly country. Mountains in the background. Aerial view of two bridges side by side. One of the bridges in damaged condition. The route as it runs through Mang Yang pass. Camp Base of the 2nd Artillery Battalion, 17th Infantry.
Activities of "F" Company, 2nd Battalion, 9th Marine Regiment, during Operation Thor , in the Vietnam War. They are engaged in a sweep, near Xuan Hai,, 1800 meters below the DMZ. U.S. Marines wearing utilities, cart belts, bulletproof vests, camouflaged helmets and carrying canteens and M-16 rifles cross a grassy area. A marine carries a PRC-25 radio on his back crawls through the grassy area.. Battalion Command post set up in the field with communications gear and tall antennas. M-48 tanks.. A marine takes cover in a shallow hole. Grass in the foreground. The marines stand, walk and sit. One marine holds a phone radio to his ear and walks out. Second marine lying on the ground. One of them wearing a PRC-25 radio on his back holds the handset of the radio to his ear. Other radio operators kneel in the background. A radio operator lying on ground places the phone of the radio to his ear, then speaks and looks out. The radio operator smokes a cigarette while kneeling. The marines kneel near the skeleton of a tree. A marine with an M-16 rifle at the ready seated on the ground. A radio operator drinks from his plastic canteen. Group of marines with M-16 rifles ride atop an M67A3 flame-thrower tank moving across the bushy area. Tank crewman in hatch. The vehicle turns and moves out. Smoke rises from an area in the background. A marine radio operator lying on the ground holding the handset of a radio makes a note on his camouflaged helmet laying next to him.