U.S. Air Force General John P. McConnell at Takhli Royal Thai Air Base in Thailand during the Vietnam War. A sign reads ' Briefing for General McConnell '. A Silver Star, two Distinguished Flying Crosses, Airmen's Medal and Air Force Commendation Medal on a pillow. General John P. McConnell pins the medals on four officers. (The second officer is Captain Mike Gilroy. The third in line is Lieutenant Ed McCaffery.) A Chief Master Sergeant in the 355th TFR Wing headquarters briefing room. Commander of 7th Air Force, Lieutenant General William W. Momyer; Commander of 13th Air Force, Lieutenant General James W. Wilson; and Commander of 13th Air Force, Major General Charles R. Bond, Jr. are present. (The officer handing the medals to General McConnell is Colonel Robert Scott, who assumed command of the 355th Tactical Fighter Wing , on August 4, 1966.)
Jeep pulls away outside Bien Hoa AFB gate. AH-1G helicopters flies over. MP (Military Police) talks over jeep radio. Buildings as seen from moving jeep. Smoke pours from III Corps area in the background. Wrecked houses. Civilians remove belongings from rubble. (Vietnam War period).
Officer and soldiers examine barbed wire torn apart by Vietcong who infiltrated Long Binh ammunition dump. M-113 Armored Personnel Carrier on guard. Destroyed and burned out ammunition pad shows burned out 105mm howitzer shells. Wrecked ambulance with flat tires. Blood stains in ambulance. Back view of jeep with open doors. (Vietnam War period).
U.S. 34th Division Artillery soldiers at McChord Air Force Base in Washington, United States. U.S. Army Major General Willard Pearson converses with two officers. Major General Pearson at the entrance of a tent. He walks up to a USAF (United States Air Force) C-141 Starlifter aircraft. Battery guideon is passed to a soldier on a ramp and put aboard the aircraft. 34th Division Artillery troops climb the ramp and board the C-141 aircraft. Names are checked from a roster. Major General Pearson talks to soldiers as they approach the ramp. (Vietnam War period).
American radio and television broadcaster Arthur Morton Leo Godfrey at Takhli Royal Thai Air Base in Thailand during the Vietnam War. Godfrey is introduced to the crew lined up near a camouflaged United States HH-43 B helicopter. Godfrey shakes hands with men. He looks at the helicopter as the officers brief him.
American radio and television broadcaster Arthur Morton Leo Godfrey at Takhli Royal Thai Air Base in Thailand during the Vietnam War. Godfrey shakes hands with crew members lined up near a United States KC-135 A aircraft. He climbs up the ladder and gets down. He talks to officers and takes down notes on a piece of paper. He gets into a staff car and drives away.
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