Flood relief operations being carried on in Vietnam. Vietnamese women with children, a soldier with a rifle over his shoulder. People gathered to receive food supplies as a part of flood relief operations. Major Chinh and Lieutenant Colonel L. K. Cuong speak over a microphone as people listen. Lieutenant Colonel Cuong hands over food bags to flood victims as photographers take pictures. (Vietnam War period).
Component of U.S. Military Assistance Command Vietnam, 2nd Field Forces, 199th Light Infantry Brigade in fight with Vietcong. F-4 Phantom jets in far distance drop napalm. Explosions on ground. F-4 drops napalm. Explosion in woods. Military trucks and other vehicles parked in the foreground. Huge clouds of smoke rise from explosion. UH-1 helicopter on ground ridden with bullet holes. Wounded and dead Vietcong fighters on the ground. One of them is sitting up, a seemingly uninjured prisoner of war. (Vietnam War period).
Component of U.S. Military Assistance Command Vietnam, 2nd Field Forces in fight with Vietcong. Helicopter in flight. Post area shows barbed wire fences. Soldiers seated around jeep. Soldiers behind sand bags and bunker during attack. Helicopter flies overhead. Shack burns. Barbed wire, smoke moves in the background. Smoke rises up from woods. Damaged vehicles in motor pool. (Vietnam War period).
Operation Jackstay in Vietnam. A PCF-26 (Patrol Craft Fast or Swift Boat) underway in the Dong Tran River. A man at the controls of the craft. EN2 (Engineman Second Class) Gunter is wounded during a patrol. The chief C.P. Gernigan bandages his wounded arm aboard the craft. EN2 Gunter on a 50 caliber machine gun on the stern. BMC (Chief Boatswain's Mate) on the 50 caliber machine gun. Second crewman stands in the background. He wears a helmet and an armored vest. A machine gun on another craft. A crewman with an M-16 rifle. He stands by the 50 caliber machine gun manned by Chief Boatswain's Mate. (Vietnam War period).
U.S. Gun crews firing howitzer, in Vietnam. CH-47 helicopter lands and discharges U.S. Army soldiers, who engage enemy in battle. Several UH-1 (Huey) helicopters land and discharge U.S. troops. Army personnel helping Vietnamese build a new school room, as many Vietnamese children look on. Searching for Viet Cong from helicoptors, flying over jungle canopy. A UH-1B, helicopter, equipped with a "personnel detector." Transmitters placed on free-ranging dogs, in hostile areas, to detect enemy. (Vietnam War period).
Railroad ambush detector in Vietnam.precedes the train and senses any tampering with the track. Spotlight equipped helicopters, called "fireflies." expose night activities of the enemy to gun ships. Large group of UH-1 helicopters in flight. A CH-47, heavy lift helicopter transporting artillery and supplies. U.S. Army AH-1Huey Cobra, firing rockets and gatling miniguns. Cayuse OH-6 observation helicopter in flight. (Vietnam War period).
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