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.
A United States Army soldier talks over a field telephone during the Vietnam War. A pair of soldiers, one of them is African American, hide behind shrubs beside the soldier talking on the phone. A group of medics carry a wounded soldier evacuating him away from battle area while another soldier looks on. Closeup view of the wounded soldier in pain. Soldiers climb up a hillside.
Two U.S. Army soldiers help a soldier climb a hill side during the Vietnam War. A soldier is seen wearing a helmet with leaves on it for camouflage. A soldier looking up in the middle of a jungle. A soldier talks over a field telephone while sitting on the ground. Writing on a helmet. A soldier holds a canteen while standing on the field.
U.S. Army soldiers running and moving across an exposed, open field during the Vietnam War. A soldier sitting in the middle of a field. Soldiers carry equipment and carefully move across a field. A soldier carries a machine gun. Soldiers climb a hill one by one.
A United States Air Force Lockheed C-141 Starlifter aircraft parked on an airfield during the Vietnam War. A man carries equipment while he walks towards the aircraft. A U.S. Army soldier observes a truck and artillery with cover. View of the truck and artillery as seen from the fuselage of the Lockheed C-141 Starlifter transport plane. A soldier begins driving the truck. He holds the manual gear stick and turns the wheels. A man at the fuselage directs the driver as he drives the artillery and truck inside the aircraft. A truck reverses and exits from transport plane. A truck with artillery backing up to enter the transport plane through fuselage. The Lockheed C-141 Starlifter after military vehicles are loaded into the aircraft.
2nd Battalion of 173rd Airborne Brigade Combat Team on mission in Vietnam. Soldiers walk towards airstrip and wait to board helicopters. UH-1D and Bell UH-1B Huey helicopters parked on airstrip at Bien Hoa Air Base, Vietnam. Helicopters take off. (Vietnam War period).