Fire Support Base "Husky", home of Headquarters Battery, 2nd Battalion, 35th Artillery Regiment (155, SP) Xuan Loc,Vietnam. Aerial view from a UH-1 Huey helicopter, of the base and surrounding terrain. Mountains in the background. [Note: C Battery 7th Battalion, 9th Artillery (105 Howitzer) occupied the other half of the FSB. The base was attacked on the night of May 17/18, 1969, by NVA sappers, mortars, and rockets. Fourteen Americans and an estimated 80 to 90 NVA were killed.]
Prime Minister of Japan Eisaku Sato visits Vietnam during the Vietnam War. Prime Minister of Japan Eisaku Sato arrives at the Saigon Tan Son Nhat International Airport (Truong Son, Phuong 2, Tan Binh, Thanh pho Ho Chi Minh, Vietnam). Prime Minister of South Vietnam, Nguyen Cao Ky and officials greet and receive him. Dignitaries walk past the lined-up troops. Large crowd of civilians gather at the airport to greet Prime Minister Sato. Prime Minister Nguyen Cao Ky addresses gathering. Dignitaries wave at the gathering from the reviewing stand.
Vietnamese young boys and girls fill sandbags. Young girl prepares a bag. They are part of a larger group of mostly women and children working to fill sand bags that will be used to fortify camp facilities of the 82nd Airborne Division Headquarters Company (this camp was later named Camp Eagle in March 1969). Soldiers of U.S. 3rd Brigade oversee the workers. U.S. Army trucks are seen in the background. (Vietnam War period).
An orientation film for United States Air Force personnel assigned to Southeast Asia. A USAF officer speaks. A Pan American aircraft at the Tan Son Nhut Air Base (Than Son Nhat International Airport, Trường Sơn, Phường 2, Tân Bình, Thành phố Hồ Chí Minh, Vietnam) near Saigon in Vietnam. Civilians and U.S. Air Force personnel disembark the plane. A lady airline attendant stands by the air stair. Airmen standing near the plane take notes. Airplanes parked on the runway. An explosion in the background. U.S. airmen direct the new arrivals. Airmen and officers walk out of the Airport and line up at the entrance. A sign reads 'Saigon Tan Son Nhut'. (Vietnam War period).
Patients at a hospital in Vietnam, early in the Vietnam War. Sign reads 'Binh Vien Cho Ray', with a red cross signs on both the sides. Nurse tends a sick child. Face of a young child and a patched arm. Another child with splotched face and shoulders. A young girl in bed. Blistered hand of a young girl. Two young villagers talk with tags around their necks.
A feature film about PBR (Patrol Boat River) at Binh Thuy Air Base, Mekong Delta, Republic of Vietnam. A machine gunner aboard a PBR stands by his machine gun. The gun trained out over water. The PBR runs down a canal. The PBR underway in the wake of camera boats. The machine gun in the foreground. A U.S. Army UH-1B Seawolf helicopter in flight. A crewman in a helmet and a flak jacket. He smokes a cigarette on the inboard of the boat. He speaks into a communication microphone. A crewman stands by a machine gun on the stern of the boat. The gunner stands in the background. Hands of a man on a wheel. The gunner fires the machine gun. Viet Cong on shore area fire back. (Vietnam War period).
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