Quaker-sponsored American pacifists sail from Misaki, Japan to bring medical supplies to North Vietnam, during the Vietnam War. Yacht "Phoenix of Hiroshima" at a dock in a Japanese harbor, before starting the first of its three trips bringing aid to both North and South Vietnam. Seven American pacifists from "A Quaker Action Group" (AQAG) set sail in the "Phoenix of Hiroshima" bound for the North Vietnamese port of Haiphong, on the group's first of three voyages. A flag flies from the yacht. Views of some of the participants on the boat including Phil Drath, Betty Boardman, Dr. and Mrs. Earle Reynolds, and Bob Eaton. People on the dock wave as the yacht leaves the harbor heading to Vietnam.
United States Air Force ( USAF ) support for the evacuation of Cambodian refugees from Boung Long, Cambodia to Pleiku AB in Vietnam during the Vietnam War. At Boung Long, Cambodia: Cambodian refugees wait to board an aircraft. They board a C-7A. A pilot at the controls and the control panel. At Pleiku Air Base, Vietnam: The C-7A taxis in. The engine of the aircraft stops. Army of the Republic of Vietnam (ARVN) troops and refugees unload the aircraft. The refugees leave the aircraft.
United States President Lyndon B. Johnson delivers a speech at a news conference in July 28, 1965 during the Vietnam War. President Johnson quotes a letter from a woman in the Midwest, "Dear Mr. President: In my humble way I am writing to you about the crisis in Vietnam. I have a son who is now in Vietnam. My husband served in World War II. Our country was at war, but now, this time, it's just something that I don’t understand. Why?”. United States Army soldiers in a Vietnamese jungle. A crying Vietnamese child. A man sits in front of a fire in the middle of a ruined house. Fascist leaders Adolf Hitler and Benito Mussolini during a parade in Munich, Germany. Flags of Nazi Germany and the United Kingdom. British Prime Minister Neville Chamberlain disembarks from in Munich for the Munich agreement. Nazi German guards turn their heads in unison. Adolf Hitler and Neville Chamberlain walk together. Crowd civilians perform the Nazi salute. Hitler and Mussolini in balcony. Neville Chamberlain reads the “Peace For Our Time” speech. “We regard the agreement signed last night and the Anglo-German Naval Agreement as symbolic of the desire of our two peoples never to go to war with one another again” Chamberlain said before smiling. Ruins of a bombarded city in Europe during World War II. Mussolini gesturing strongly during a speech. Cavalry soldiers on horseback in Ethiopia. Royal Italian Army fighting in Ethiopia during the Second Italo-Ethiopian War. Italian soldiers firing with a Fiat-Revelli M14 machine gun and advancing in field. Emperor Haile Selassie I of Ethiopia protests Italian aggression in the League of Nations. A stylized Nazi eagle statue in Austria. Austrian soldiers during the German Anschluss of 1938. Hitler and Austrian politicians perform the Nazi salute in Vienna. Explosions from night bombardment during the Korean War. Communist Chinese People's Liberation Army troops firing with Chinese Type 24 Maxim Water-Cooled Machine Gun and rifles in Korea. Soldiers’ feet climb and jump up uneven terrain in the battlefield. United States Army M46 Patton tanks pointing upwards and firing at enemy positions. An M46 Patton tank and trucks of the United Nations Forces crossing the 38th parallel line in Korea. Sign denotes the 38th parallel line. President Johnson continues his speech at the White House. “Why must young Americans, born into a land exultant with hope and with golden promise, toil and suffer and sometimes die in such a remote and distant place? The answer, like the war itself, is not an easy one, but it echoes clearly from the painful lessons of half a century. Three times in my lifetime, in two World Wars and in Korea, Americans have gone to far lands to fight for freedom. We have learned at a terrible and a brutal cost that retreat does not bring safety and weakness does not bring peace. It is this lesson that has brought us to Vietnam.” President Johnson said.
Swift Boats at An Thoi in Republic of Vietnam (RVN). A Swift Boat underway in a river. An island in the background. Small islands in the far background. The Swift Boat on a high speed run. Steam and water sprays in the foreground. The officer in charge of the Swift Boat in the cabin of the boat. He uses the communications mike in the cabin. A windshield in the background. The officer turns a wheel.
Jeep pulls away outside Bien Hoa AFB gate. AH-1G helicopters flies over. MP (Military Police) talks over jeep radio. Buildings as seen from moving jeep. Smoke pours from III Corps area in the background. Wrecked houses. Civilians remove belongings from rubble. (Vietnam War period).
Officer and soldiers examine barbed wire torn apart by Vietcong who infiltrated Long Binh ammunition dump. M-113 Armored Personnel Carrier on guard. Destroyed and burned out ammunition pad shows burned out 105mm howitzer shells. Wrecked ambulance with flat tires. Blood stains in ambulance. Back view of jeep with open doors. (Vietnam War period).