A U.S. 1st Air Cavalry Division soldier equipped with an E63 (XM-2) personnel detector manpack. The E63 intake tube is mounted to the barrel of his M-16 rifle and a signal cord runs from the backpack to a speaker under his helmet. The soldier advances slowly through an area of heavy brush, during training in Ankhe, South Vietnam. Another soldier moves in the background. (Vietnam War period).
U.S. 1st Air Cavalry Division soldiers on a field watch as other soldiers rappel from helicopters during a training exercise in Ankhe, South Vietnam. Soldier unfastens safety harness. Troops rappel from a hovering helicopter, one after the other. (Vietnam War period).
Operation Thayer II by First Air Cavalry Division of United States Army in Ankhe, South Vietnam. A CH-54 helicopter of United States flies with surgical pod near hills. Agricultural farms and village as seen from the helicopter in flight. Crewmen work on another helicopter at the base. The CH-54 during its flight seen from another helicopter. The CH-54 lands. (Vietnam War period).
Operation Thayer II by First Air Cavalry Division of United States Army in Ankhe, South Vietnam. Soldiers of Fire Support Center dig ground nearby their camp. Soldiers discover fragments of Viet Cong mortar shells from wet quagmire and collect them. Bullet holes in conex containers. Soldiers dig with shovel and army knife. Cabins, jeeps and other soldiers at the base. (Vietnam War period).
Operation Thayer II by First Air Cavalry Division of United States Army in Ankhe, South Vietnam. General William C. Westmoreland talks with soldiers and officers of 1st Cavalry Division, including Brigadier General W. A. Becker. Soldiers smile. General Westmoreland departs by Bell UH-1 Iroquois (Huey) helicopter. At the Hammond Airfield, General Westmoreland steps from a jeep and is welcomed by officers. He stands on hood of a jeep and praises the fine job done by the soldiers. Soldiers gather around the jeep and listen to him. (Vietnam War period).
Operation Thayer II by First Air Cavalry Division of United States Army in Ankhe, South Vietnam. 1st Cavalry Division soldiers blindfold and bound Vietcong suspects at a village Bongson. Suspects on their knees and lined in a row. A soldier shoves a blindfolded suspect behind others, in a line. The Vietnamese informer looks at each suspect. Vietnamese interpreter manhandles a Viet Cong as he interrogates him. He grabs him by throat and shakes him violently. U.S. soldier and the informer talk with each other. (Vietnam War period).
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