United States Marines with bullet proof vests and helmets adjust range on 105 mm Howitzer at Khe Sanh, Vietnam. Platoon leader 1st Lieutenant David Pearce of Rochester, stands atop ammunition crates aiming circle to lay C battery. United States soldiers lift sandbags. Number of parachutes descends. (Vietnam War period).
United States Marines set up 81 mm Mortar near sandbags at Khe Sanh, Vietnam. Mars soldier seated atop a wall of sandbags writes on a piece of paper. Group of Marines dig with spade and fill sandbags in a dirt area. (Vietnam War period).
United States Marines stand in reinforced trench line; fire .38 caliber pistol and M-16 rifle at Khe Sanh, Vietnam. Two Marines soldiers converse with each other. KC-130F aircraft in flight. The aircraft drops supplies with the help of parachutes. CH46A Sea Knight helicopter flies overhead. Supplies being drooped by parachutes from a KC-130F aircraft. Marine soldiers in RFK-60 forklifts gather parachutes and supplies. Vehicles load supplies on to parked 6x6 trucks. (Vietnam War period).
Fire and black smoke rises from gas drums burning on far side of airstrip at Khe Sanh, Vietnam. View of damaged 6x6 truck and framework of jeep. RFK-60 Forklifts parked in dirt area. Two United States Marines soldiers dig trench line using pick and shovel. The other two soldiers watch. Wall of sandbags with flags fluttering on them. Marine soldier with the help of spade fill mud into sandbag. (Vietnam War period).
United States Marines remove 60mm mortar rounds from ammunition crates then removes cardboard rounds from canister at Khe Sanh, Vietnam. Group of Marine soldiers load and stack sandbags onto rear of a trailer. The trailer loaded with sandbags drives off on dirt road. (Vietnam War period).
United States Marines wearing gloves, string barbed wire around Khe Sanh, Vietnam. MARS soldiers uncoil barbed wire from spool with the help of pliers. Soldier removes portion of webbed material from ammunition boxes and canister. MARS soldiers clean barrel of 105 mm Howitzer. They carry 105 mm howitzer projectiles and place them in bunker made from empty ammunition crates. Soldier picks up shell casings. United States Marine covers breech section of 105mm Howitzer with plastic material (Vietnam War period).