U.S. soldiers of the 2nd Battalion, 503rd Airborne Infantry Regiment, 173rd Airborne Brigade in South Vietnam during Operation Big Spring of the Vietnam War. Soldiers seated in a field with weapons. They rest and talk amongst themselves. A soldier pets a dog. He holds the leash of the dog. Other soldiers stand nearby. A soldier reads a newspaper. A soldier looks at photographs in his wallet. One of them smokes. The soldiers pick up their backpacks and begin to advance across the field. View of soldiers crossing field, approaching camera. Soldiers wearing backpacks and carrying their weapons move through a thick brush area while on patrol.
U.S. soldiers of the 2nd Battalion, 503rd Airborne Infantry Regiment, 173rd Airborne Brigade in South Vietnam during Operation Big Spring of the Vietnam War. A U.S. Army UH-1D Iroquois helicopter lands. Crates stacked on the airfield. Loading and unloading of equipment from the helicopter. Soldiers talk. A soldier reads a newspaper. Empty water cans are thrown out and supplies are loaded aboard the helicopter.
Air strike in South Vietnam during the Vietnam War. Aerial view of a terrain through the clouds. U.S. Air Force Douglas A-1H Skyraider in flight piloted by Lt. Roonet. Bombs dropped on target areas. Smoke rising from Viet Cong controlled village area. The A-1H in flight, flying through smoke.
Air strike in South Vietnam during the Vietnam War. U.S. Air Force Douglas A-1H Skyraider in flight piloted by Lt. Roonet. The aircraft in flight over Viet Cong controlled village. Aerial view of terrain below. Smoke rising from village area. Aerial views of few houses among trees and foliage.
A U.S. Army 5th Special Forces Group relief camp during a flood in South Vietnam. Aerial view of a flooded region in Don Phouc province. A vast region covered with water. Trees and buildings surrounded by water. Huts half immersed in water. Bushes in the area. Small boats moving in water. A wooded region with a few huts among trees in water. Houses and buildings in view. Aerial view of the relief camp of U.S. Army 5th Special Forces Group. Small buildings in a triangular shape. Few buildings in the center in the flood relief camp. Water filled areas. (Vietnam War)
View from pier below as crane moves pallet of coffins from deck of the USS Oriskany (CVA-34) to the pier. (These are coffins of those who lost their lives in a fire aboard the Oriskany, on October 26, 1966.) View from behind two clergymen on the pier. Sailors carry coffins as clergy walk with them. Marine honor guard salute with rifles. Sailors load coffins on waiting C-130 transport airplane.
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