U.S. 2D Battalion 503D Infantry 173D Airborne Brigade soldiers walk cautiously through jungle during Operation Big Spring in North of Bien Hoa, South Vietnam.. Cave entrance. Soldiers walk across clearing. Scout dog leading soldier. Other soldiers follow. Soldiers waiting for helicopters to arrive. Two officers looking at map. (Vietnam War period).
U.S. 2D Battalion 503D Infantry 173D Airborne Brigade Soldiers move through mess line in clearing during Operation Big Spring in North of Bien Hoa, South Vietnam. Radio operator eating. Soldiers going through the mess line. Soldier give can to another soldier. (Vietnam War period).
U.S. 2D Battalion 503D Infantry 173D Airborne Brigade officer looking at map on table in base camp during Operation Big Spring in North of Bien Hoa, South Vietnam.. U.S. Soldiers firing 81mm mortar. CH-47 helicopter landing with slingload of ammunition. Soldiers unload a generator from CH-47. Soldiers load generator onto M-274 mechanical mule. M-274 drives off. (Vietnam War period).
Stack of 105mm howitzer rounds during Operation Big Springs in North of Bien Hoa, South Vietnam. U.S. 2D Battalion 503D Infantry 173D Airborne Brigade soldier setting up an M-102, 105mm Howitzer in field. (Vietnam War period).
The Vice President of the United States, Hubert H. Humphrey, visits the U.S. Army Americal Division in Chu Lai, South Vietnam (aka 23rd Infantry). U.S. and Vietnamese flags. Vice President Humphrey, U.S. General William C. Westmoreland, Commandant of U.S. Marine Corps, Robert E Cushman and U.S. Major General Samuel W Koster on a platform. Americal division troops march with flags. Humphrey pins decorations on soldiers and makes a short speech. He shakes hands with one soldier. (Vietnam War period).
A helicopter flies over the runway as U.S. Army RU-8D Beechcraft Seminole aircraft, with olive drab paint job, and serial number 57-6053, makes a successful gear up landing on a foam-covered runway at Ton Son Nhut Air Base in South Vietnam. Ppilot walks away from the plane as firefighters and equipment move in. The aircraft is from the 146th Aviation Company, 224th Aviation Battalion (Radio Research) at Ton Son Nhut Air Base, Saigon. The many antennae, of various types seen on it, are typical of Special Electronic Mission Aircraft that flew so-called electronic intelligence (ELINT) missions.( Note: This landing was skillfully executed by the pilot with both engines feathered and props rotated to minimize contact with the ground..) (Vietnam War period).
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