U.S. soldiers of 5th Battalion, 12th Infantry, 199th Light Infantry Brigade in Vietnam. The soldiers gather around an APC (Armored Personnel Carrier) at a fire base. Packages and letters are distributed to the men by a soldier atop the M113 APC. (Vietnam War period).
U.S. soldiers of 5th Battalion, 12th Infantry, 199th Light Infantry Brigade in Vietnam. The soldiers receive their Christmas mail and packages. They disperse and walk to a bunker which has a decorated Christmas tree on the top of sandbags. An M113 Armored Personnel Carrier passes by. A soldier sits on the sandbags. He opens and reads a Christmas card. Then he opens packages. Other soldiers open packages. An African American soldier smiles and shakes two packages trying to guess what is inside. The Christmas tree on the sandbags of a bunker. (Vietnam War period).
U.S. 1st Infantry Division soldiers advance through a jungle in Vietnam during the Vietnam War. A soldier throws a hand grenade into a tunnel. He runs for a cover and the grenade explodes. M-113 APCs (Armored Personnel Carrier) cross a sandy field. Armor and soldiers enter a camp. Night defensive positions (NDP) in the jungle. Tracer fire and flares at the night.
Loading of USS Burnett County (LST-512) at Polgwidden (a.k.a. Trebah) beach, Helford River, near Falmouth, England during World War 2. View from top deck of the LST, as vehicles drive up a ramp and into positions on the deck. An M3 half track pulls up a trailer on the ramp of the LST. View from antiaircraft gun emplacement overlooking embarkation point. A sailor aboard the LST signals. Army vehicles are seen moving down a road and assembling at the embarkation wharf. (Note: Although these troops and equipment embarked on June 1, 1944, they remained aboard 5 days as foul weather delayed the actual D-Day landings until June 6, 1944)
Tests of persistent gas munitions during U.S. chemical warfare tests on San Jose Island, Panama during World War II. A simulated chemical warfare shows U.S. troops firing mortars. A U.S. bomber aircraft in the sky. M7 100-lb bombs stacked at a munitions dump on the island. The bomber aircraft is loaded with bombs. The bombs are dropped by the aircraft from various heights. A technician examines an explosion area and makes use of an instrument to determine if there is any loss in contamination and vapor yield as a result of tree bursts. A bomber in flight and members of crew on board. The technician on the bomb drop site examines results on trees. Chemical samplings of bombed area are made in laboratories of the United States. A soldier wearing protective clothing. Mortars lay down a mustard gas barrage.
Activities of members of USAF (United States Air Force) SP (Security Police) in providing perimeter defense for Tan Son Nhut Air Base in Vietnam during the Vietnam War. An SP in a jeep scans the area as seen from a moving jeep. An M-60 machine gun mounted on the jeep. The jeep on the perimeter road.
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