MACV (US Military Assistance Command, Vietnam) Advisory Team assists South Vietnamese soldiers in the evacuation of refugees from Kontum during the Nguyen Hue Campaign of the Vietnam War. Aerial view of the Kontum airfield. A burning aircraft on the ground. South Vietnamese ammunition trucks caught in NVA (North Vietnamese Army) ambush. Smoking and exploding ordinance. Vietnamese defensive positions in Kontum City and in the surrounding terrain. A U.S. Colonel talking on the radio during an inspection flight in a U.S. Army UH-1D Iroquois or 'Huey' helicopter. Billowing smoke on Highway QL 14. A U.S. Army Boeing CH-47 Chinook helicopter landing at a helipad in the area. MACV (US Military Assistance Command, Vietnam) Advisory Team assists in the evacuation of refugees from Kontum. The team loads supplies into the helicopter. South Vietnamese refugees waiting to board helicopter for evacuation. A Vietnamese soldier talks to the refugees.
MACV (U.S. Military Assistance Command, Vietnam) Advisory Team assists South Vietnamese soldiers in the evacuation of refugees from Kontum during the Nguyen Hue Campaign of the Vietnam War. Vietnamese refugees sitting in a compound as they await evacuation. Refugee women in traditional Vietnamese hats. Numerous children in the compound. Elderly Vietnamese men and women. An aerial view of the city of Kontum. A meandering river through the landscape. An ARVN (Army of the Republic of Vietnam) field Headquarters and ARVN artillery battery within the city of Kontum.
MACV (US Military Assistance Command, Vietnam) Advisory Team assists South Vietnamese soldiers in the evacuation of refugees from Kontum during the Nguyen Hue Campaign of the Vietnam War. Aerial view of the area. U.S. Army Bell UH-1D Iroquois helicopters in flight. Fire Support Base Lima. U.S. and South Vietnamese medics carry an injured Vietnamese soldier aboard a UH-1D helicopter. The pilot at the controls in the cockpit. Medics carry the wounded soldier off the helicopter at the 2nd ARVN (Army of the Republic of Vietnam) hospital. The UH-1D helicopter takes off. Vietnamese and United States soldiers seated around a table in the jungle. Numerous tents nearby.
View from the top of an armored train as it leaves the Saigon railroad yard and passes through city of Saigon in Vietnam. The train takes a halt at a railway station. Armed ARVN ( Army of the Republic of Vietnam) soldiers guard the station. Vietnamese civilians at the station. Train crosses the Saigon River railroad bridge. Vehicular traffic on roads running alongside tracks. (Vietnam War period).
Vietnamese brakeman waves flag standing at the rear of a locomotive engine at the Saigon depot in Saigon, Vietnam. The engine is hooked up to boxcars. An American adviser inspects the armored railroad car. ARVN (Army of the Republic of Vietnam) soldier speaks over radio atop the armored car. The American advisor looks out of the train at railroad yard. ARVN soldiers board the armored car. (Vietnam War period).
Places of interest in Saigon, Vietnam. Monkey on tree. Lotus flowers in a pond. A man poses for a picture. Buildings including the Presidential Palace (Independence Palace, Ben Thanh, District 1, Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam) and trees. Traffic includes cyclists, rickshaws, and pedestrians. The Notre Dame Cathedral of Saigon (01 Công xã Paris, Bến Nghé, Quận 1, Thành phố Hồ Chí Minh 70000, Vietnam). A man poses near the white Virgin Mary statue outside the church. (The statue no longer stands at that location.)