U.S. Mobile Riverine Force comprising of Navy Squadrons and 9th Infantry Division carry out Operation Truong Cong Dinh in Dong Tam, Vietnam. A soldier speaks over a radio. A group of soldiers advances through a jungle. A soldier looks at an A112-3 Riverine Craft moving ahead in a river. (Vietnam War period).
U.S. Mobile Riverine Force comprising of Navy Squadrons and 9th Infantry Division carry out Operation Truong Cong Dinh in Dong Tam, Vietnam. Soldiers rest in a jungle. One soldier prepares instant coffee and other cleans his camera. An officer checks a map. The soldiers relax in the jungle. An officer stirs instant chocolate milk in a can. He drinks it. The officers and platoon leaders check maps. (Vietnam War period).
U.S. Vice President Richard Nixon visits South Vietnam. Exteriors of a government building show Nixon and U.S. Army Lieutenant General John W. O'Daniel standing with Vietnamese officials in white suits. Civilians gathered holding banners. A large parade of South Vietnamese military units takes place, led by a marching band. Nixon stands with President of South Vietnam Ngo Dinh Diem. Vice-President Nixon makes a brief statement into the microphone. He is followed by Colonel Nguyen Van Y, who also makes brief remarks. President Diem and Vice-President Nixon stand together and are joined by U.S. Ambassador Fritz Nolting. Crowd applauds and photographers take pictures from steps of the building.
Ethnic Vietnamese refugees fleeing violence in Cambodia are evacuated to Vung Tau, South Vietnam during the Vietnam War. A crowd of refugees at a pier. A ship in the background. Many refugees gathering belongings during evacuation. View of name on stern of one ship which reads "Da-Nang". Refugees with their children waiting.
A U.S. Special Forces ordnance demolition expert conducts a class on M-26 grenade launchers for Montagnard trainees in Bu Gia, Vietnam during Operation Switchback of the Vietnam War. SP/4 (Specialist 4th Class) Thomas Coppinger conducts a class for Montagnard trainees through two Vietnamese interpreters. Rifle grenades exploding on an impact area. The two interpreters fire M-26 rifle grenades. Explosions on the impact area.
U.S. Special Forces ordnance demolition expert SP/4 (Specialist 4th Class) Thomas Coppinger conducts a class on M26 grenade launchers for Montagnard trainees in Bu Gia, Vietnam during Operation Switchback of the Vietnam War. Montagnard trainees throwing M26 grenades. Explosions on an impact area.
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