U.S. soldiers of the 2nd Battalion, 503rd Airborne Infantry Regiment, 173rd Airborne Brigade in South Vietnam during Operation Big Spring of the Vietnam War. Soldiers seated in a field with weapons. They rest and talk amongst themselves. A soldier pets a dog. He holds the leash of the dog. Other soldiers stand nearby. A soldier reads a newspaper. A soldier looks at photographs in his wallet. One of them smokes. The soldiers pick up their backpacks and begin to advance across the field. View of soldiers crossing field, approaching camera. Soldiers wearing backpacks and carrying their weapons move through a thick brush area while on patrol.
U.S. soldiers of the 2nd Battalion, 503rd Airborne Infantry Regiment, 173rd Airborne Brigade in South Vietnam during Operation Big Spring of the Vietnam War. A U.S. Army UH-1D Iroquois helicopter lands. Crates stacked on the airfield. Loading and unloading of equipment from the helicopter. Soldiers talk. A soldier reads a newspaper. Empty water cans are thrown out and supplies are loaded aboard the helicopter.
U.S. and Republic of Vietnam soldiers (ARVN) walk around and peruse a vast display of captured Viet Cong (VC) weapons, displayed on an airfield ramp, in South Vietnam, during the Vietnam War. The display comprises numerous small arms and mortars, all of which are stacked against or on tables, and on the ramp itself. A pair of UH-1 Huey helicopters take off in background. ARVN soldiers walk from UH-1s that are hovering in the background. Scene shifts toward vehicles gathered on a sandy area nearby. Camera shows several suspected VC being interrogated by a Vietnamese Air Force officer, and an American officer. Several ARVN in steel helmets stand with them. (Note: Silent except for brief comment by someone about VC suspects being interrogated.)
199th Light Infantry BDE during search and destroy operation in Vietnam. Soldiers stand and rest by a hut. Soldiers hold log and cross makeshift log bridge. Smoke raises from burning haystack, civilians stand past field and soldiers cross by haystack. Vietnam civilian stands and women and a child sit besides road. Soldiers walk by them. Soldiers cross waist deep water of river. They walk in deep mud of the riverbank. Soldier holds another soldier's arm to pull him out of mud. (Vietnam War period).
United States Air Force in south East Asia during the Vietnam War. Aerial reconnaissance photos of target areas in North Vietnam. A man holds pictures and points at them. Pictures of surface to air missile sites, damaged bridges across rivers, MIGs in revetments, petroleum, oil and lubricant storage areas. Pictures of major railway yards and industrial sites in North Vietnam.
United states Air Force in South East Asia during the Vietnam War. Aerial reconnaissance photos of target areas in North Vietnam. A man holds pictures and points at them. Pictures of surface to air missile sites, damaged bridges across rivers, MIGs in revetments, petroleum, oil and lubricant storage areas. Pictures of major railway yards and industrial sites and a convoy of trucks on the move in North Vietnam.
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