Combat operations of the United States Army 1st Infantry Division soldiers in Lai Khe, South Vietnam during the Vietnam War. Soldiers walking through the jungle. Some of the soldiers rest in the jungle. A soldier places a claymore mine in the ground. United States Army UH-1D Iroquois helicopter in clearing. Soldiers walk along the way. They pass soldiers carrying bags of rice in the opposite direction. Bags of rice on the ground. UH-1Ds land. Soldiers rush out of the jungle and board the helicopters. The helicopters take off. Aerial view of the grassy field. A soldier holds M-16 rifle seated aboard a helicopter.
Combat operations of United States Army 1st Infantry Division soldiers in Lai Khe, South Vietnam during the Vietnam War. Trucks loaded with soldiers arrive at an airstrip. Ambulances parked on the airstrip. Other soldiers watch the military vehicles. A United States Army UH-1D Iroquois helicopter lands on the airstrip. The soldiers walk towards the helicopter. A soldier seated in the UH-1D in flight. The helicopter lands and the soldiers rush off. They cross a shell-wrecked jungle. A soldier speaks over a radio and checks a map. Other soldiers rest in the jungle. They cross an open area. Helicopters in flight over the area. Smoke from a signal grenade. The soldiers move forward through the jungle.
Combat operations of United States Army 1st Infantry Division soldiers in Lai Khe, South Vietnam during the Vietnam War. United States Army UH-1D Iroquois helicopters in flight. The helicopters land on an airstrip. The soldiers get off the helicopters and walk towards a line of waiting trucks. They climb onto the trucks. The trucks loaded with soldiers drive off. 1st Infantry Division shoulder patch in view.
Activities of United States soldiers at the Fire Support Base ( FSB ) Bronco in Vietnam during the Vietnam War. Trees in the background. A United States Army CH-47 Chinook helicopter comes in for a landing. The soldiers unload the helicopter. A truck loaded with soldiers drives up to the helicopter. A sandbag emplacements in the foreground. A barber cuts a soldier's hair. Other soldiers stand in the background.
A United States chaplain's field memorial services in Vietnam during the Vietnam War at military location YA 939913 Fire Support Base. Soldiers of the 3rd Battalion 8th Infantry, 4th Infantry Division commanded by LTC D.M. Malone seated on the ground. A Roman Catholic chaplain puts on a camouflaged vestment in preparation for the Mass. Mountains in the background. The chaplain starts the Mass. The soldiers leave for a patrol in the background. They shake hands with the chaplain before they depart. Scenes of the chaplain leading the Mass. The flag of the United States flutters atop the bunker of a 105MM Howitzer position.
A United States chaplain officiates a field memorial service during the Vietnam War. Soldiers seated on the ground in front of the chaplain. The Roman Catholic chaplain conducts the Mass. The flag of the United States flutters from a tall, tilted flagpole, atop a bunker in the background. Closeup of the chaplain reading the text of the mass from a liturgical Missal, held by an assistant. He raises the communion (Eucharist) elements, host (bread), and chalice of wine, as he speaks. The soldiers read from pamphlets as they follow the mass. Over-the-shoulder closeup of one soldier with his pamphlet. The chaplain takes of the bread and cup, himself, and then places bread (communion wafers) in the mouths of individual soldiers who come forward to receive communion. View of one soldier sitting cross-legged in contemplation, or prayer. The soldiers return their pamphlets to the Chaplain's assistant and disperse.
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