United States Army General William C. Westmoreland visit a hospital ward at Cam Ranh Bay Air Base in Vietnam during the Vietnam War. General William C. Westmoreland is greeted by a officer outside the hospital ward. He pins purple heart on a Captain outside the hospital ward. He departs in a staff car. He gets into a camouflaged United States Air Force HH-43B Huskie helicopter. He is serapes himself and wears a helmet in the helicopter. The helicopter takes off.
United States Army General William C. Westmoreland visit a hospital ward at Cam Ranh Bay Air Base in Vietnam during the Vietnam War. U.S. General William C. Westmoreland with Commander of the 12th Tactical Fighter Wing Colonel Woodward E. Davis pins purple hearts on casualties in different hospital wards. Officers enter another ward and William C. Westmoreland pins purple hearts on casualties.
United States Army General William C. Westmoreland at Cam Ranh Bay Air Base in Vietnam during the Vietnam War. William Westmoreland and Commander of the 12th Tactical Fighter Wing Colonel Woodward E. Davis leave the hospital. They drive away in a car driven by Colonel Davis. General Westmoreland with Colonel Davis speaks to U.S. armed forces soldiers (GIs). He looks at the Christmas tree. He enters a dining hall and shakes hand with men in the mess hall. William C. Westmoreland gets in a car.
United States Army General William C. Westmoreland at Cam Ranh Bay Air Base in Vietnam during the Vietnam War. U.S. General William C. Westmoreland shakes hand with U.S. armed forces men (GIs) and then enter a dining hall or mess hall. He goes through the serving line. He drives away in a car. Vietnamese and U.S. flags in front of the headquarters building. William C. Westmoreland with Commander of the 12th Tactical Fighter Wing Colonel Woodward E. Davis arrive at flight line and meet officers.
Activities of the U.S. 3rd Marine Corps Division at South West of Con Thien in Vietnam during Operation Prairie III of the Vietnam War. Marines some with packs, some with PRC-25 radios on backs. They carry weapons and move forward across the grass field. The marines head towards dwelling in lightly wooded area in far background. The marines move across small busy area and into dirt clearings. Smoldering ashes of dwelling in the background. Three marines one with PRC-25 radio on back stands in a cultivated field and talk. One marine armed with M-14 rifle. Other marines walk past smoldering ashes of dwelling in the far background. Some of the marines stand and exit near thatched dwelling, as roof begins to burn, as seen over the bushes. One of the marine holds phone of PRC-25 radio on back to move over dirt path. Vietnamese dwelling burns in the background. A view of several burning thatched dwellings and marines of 'K' company move over dirt path. Other dwellings burning in far background. One marine moves over dirt path and walks out. Several other marines from 'K' company 3/3 move past several burning thatched dwellings of the village.
Activities of the U.S. 3rd Marine Corps Division at South West of Con Thien in Vietnam during Operation Prairie III of the Vietnam War. Marines stand next to and in a muddy stream in dirt clearing. One of the marine holds helmet in his hands, stands in muddy stream bends over and washes his face with water from the stream. Another marine fills a canteen. A marine holds M-60 machine gun and stands in the foreground. Two marines stoop down and fill their canteens from the small muddy stream. One of the marine with pack, stands with leg straddled over small muddy stream. He fills his helmet with water and dumps it on his head. Bushes in the background. Several marines stand on the side of small stream in muddy clearing. Some scoop up water with hands and wash faces, some dip in their helmets and pour water over heads as other prepare to fill their canteens. The marines stand on the side of the muddy stream clearing one dump water from helmet over his head, as other fill and place canteens on cart belts. Busy area in the background. A marine with utility trousers, no shirt and uncovered seated on ground wash his face covered with lather and shaves. He then rinse out his razor in his helmet which is filled with water. His M-14 rifle and pack lies on ground. Other marines with no shirts and uncovered stand next to shallow muddy stream in clearing, some with lather on face. They shave and rinse razor in the stream. Others wash their hands and face and rest in the background. A marine stands bent over small shallow stream and shaves. Another marine stoops next to the stream. He scoops up water with hands and washes his face.
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