United States Marines recovering materiel from a broken airdropped crate in a rice paddy in Khe Sanh during the Vietnam War. Two Marines wade around in ditch adjacent to rice paddy, retrieving mortar rounds and other equipment from broken cargo pallet. Wooden debris from destroyed cargo box are scattered on the ditch. A group of Marines smoking and watching the recovery of material at side of the ditch. African American Marine’s helmet reads “Jock Tall Tan Young + Fine”. Marines put recovered materiel inside a bag. Marines smiling and searching for materiel. Marines recovering parachute cargo bundle from rice paddy mud.
United States Marines walking through jungle in Khe Sanh during the Vietnam War. A Lockheed C-130A transport plane in sky making a cargo aiedrop. Cargo with parachutes falling gently to ground in drop zone.
United States McDonnell Douglas F-4C Phantom II fighter bombers make low altitued air strikes near Khe Sanh during the Vietnam War. An F-4C drops a bomb on hill. Explosion and clouds of smoke rising from bomb detonation. A F-4C fighter-bomber zooms past field and drop more bombs before disappearing. More F-4C engage in low flying air strikes, one flying directly over United States camp before strike. A thick, dark cloud of smoke forms over a field after an air strike.
A Douglas AC-47 Spooky Gunship parked at Pleiku Air Base during the Vietnam War. The mascot of the 4th Special Operations Squadron, a ghost, as the nose art of the aircraft. The word “Spooky” is written on the ghost. Side view of the Douglas AC-47 (also nicknamed "Puff, the Magic Dragon"). The AC-47 displays three M134 Minigun Gatling type machine guns. Closeup view of the machine guns projecting from windows of the gunship. View of the Douglas AC-47 nose and cockpit.
A pilot of the 4th Special Operations Squadron inspects a Douglas AC-47 Spooky gunship in Pleiku Air Base, Vietnam. The pilot, Captain William L. Ivy, stands under a plane 45-1121 flown by B flight of the 4th Special Operations Squadron. The African American airman inspects the landing gear and undercarriage of the aircraft. Another flight personnel walks past the gunship.
A pilot of the 4th Special Operations Squadron inspects a Douglas AC-47 Spooky gunship in Pleiku Air Base during the Vietnam War. The pilot, 1st Lieutenant Lyle A. Sproul, walks to the gunship. The nose art of the aircraft depicts the ghost mascot of the 4th Special Operations Squadron. The pilot touches the propeller on the plane’s left wing. 1st Lieutenant Sproul inspects the undercarriage of the aircraft. Lieutenant Sproul looking up. The pilot walks away after the inspection is done.