Capitol Military Assistance Command Operations Center in Saigon, Vietnam during the Vietnam War. United States soldiers and officers work inside the building. Soldiers transmit messages over a radio. Soldier on phone as he gives fire directions to the firing Artillery Unit. Field telephones with markings on it.
Vietnamese people on streets in Saigon, Vietnam during the Vietnam War. Traffic on street. Cars, bicycles and buses on road. A horse statue at Ben Thanh Market. Statue of General Tran Ngyyen Han on his horse. Vietnamese people rest under the statue. Transport vehicles on road as people cross a busy street.
Vietnamese women and children at the Saigon Zoo and Botanical Gardens (2B Nguyen Binh Khiem Street, District 1, Ho Chi Minh City) in Saigon, Vietnam. Vietnamese children visit the zoo. They look at a python in the cage. Children drink an energy drink. United States soldiers take pictures of the Vietnamese children. Vehicles parked in front of the City Hall building. Men ride bicycles. Board reads Capitol Military Assistance Command'. Antennas on roof of the building. (Vietnam War period).
Vietnamese Coastal Group junk base in Degi, Vietnam during the Vietnam War. Aerial view: A river flowing. A heavily populated area. A junk base. A village and the junk base directly in the background. A pier extends over from a river bank.
USAF,USN and ARVN personnel requiring air transportation through the 8th Aerial Port squadron terminal on Tan Son Nhut Air Base in Saigon, Vietnam. U.S. and Republic of Vietnam (RVN) personnel with baggage leave terminal and walk towards a C-130B Hercules and a camouflaged American military transport aircraft C-123B Provider. Trucks parked outside a building. Parked C-13OB and a camouflaged C-123B aircraft. Personnel aboard the aircraft. Airmen wait to board.
Elements of the U.S. Army 101st Airborne Division battle North Vietnamese regular Army forces at Fire Support Base Ripcord in the A Shau Valley, South Vietnam, in the last major confrontation of the Vietnam War. View of Fire Support Base Ripcord from inside an arriving helicopter. An OH-6A Cayuse / AH-6J (Little Bird) approaching to land at the Fire Support Base. The helicopter lands on a heli-pad. Another OH-6A is parked in the background. Scene shifts to a Bell UH-1 Iroquois (Huey) helicopter leaving the Fire Support Base. It has, white stripe on the top, behind greenhouse, and red dot on the tail boom. This identifies it as belonging to A Company, 158th Aviation Battalion (Assault Helicopter) "Ghost Riders." Views of much work going on to fortify the Fire Support Base. An American F-4 Phantom jet fighter aircraft flies overhead at hight speed and drops ordnance on a nearby hilltop. View from Ripcord Base of fire and smoke rising from the target. Soldiers setting up Claymore mines along side of the base, for nighttime protection. More views of fire and smoke at the target hill. A soldier sitting atop Support Base structure, speaking on radio telephone. Closeup shows "Screaming Eagle" patch of the 101st Airborne Division on his left shoulder. More views of defensive work going on, including the setting up of several 155mm howitzers by Battery B 2nd 319th Artillery. A UH-1 flies low overhead. A Boeing CH-47 Chinook helicopter is seen approaching with supplies suspended underneath in a net sling. Soldiers placing parcels in a UH-1 with engine running, about to depart. Glimpse of hooch with sign reading "FSB Ripcord" and displaying a large ace of spades. A CH-47 descending closeby. More views of bombs exploding on the neighboring hilltop.