Dedication of the "John F. Kennedy Square" in Saigon, South Vietnam during the Vietnam War. South Vietnamese soldiers standing at attention on the right side of the "John F. Kennedy Square" in front of the Notre Dame Cathedral of Saigon (01 Công xã Paris, Bến Nghé, Quận 1, Thành phố Hồ Chí Minh, Vietnam). South Vietnamese Prime Minister, Maj. Gen. Nguyen Khanh walks past South Vietnamese soldiers. Sign behind South Vietnamese soldiers in English and Vietnamese reads “Kennedy, Leader for Freedom and Peace of Mankind”. Guests crowd under a tent in the John F. Kennedy Square. United States Ambassador Henry Cabot Lodge, and the South Vietnamese Prime Minister, Maj. Gen. Nguyen Khanh, inspect South Vietnamese troops. Ambassador Lodge puts his hand on his left chest while Prime Minister Nguyen Khanh salutes. Ambassador Lodge walks past troops. Vietnamese banner adorns the tent for guests. Ambassador Lodge began speaking in a podium. United States military officials in attendance clapping. Ambassador Lodge shake hands with Prime Minister Nguyen Khanh. Ambassador Lodge accompanies Prime Minister Nguyen Khanh to unveil plaque. The United States ambassador and Prime Minister Nguyen Khanh unveil a plaque to the memory of President John F. Kennedy. Plaque reads “Cong Truong Tong Thong John F. Kennedy”. Ambassador Lodge gets inside black staff car. A photographer stands up after the staff car drives away. Plaque to the memory of President John F. Kennedy at the John F. Kennedy Square. The square in front of Saigon's Roman Catholic Notre Dame Cathedral is renamed President John F. Kennedy Square, in honor of the late United States President John F. Kennedy.
A helicopter in flight as it releases leaflets encouraging Viet Cong to defect. South Vietnamese soldiers mounting loudspeakers on a boat for broadcasting to people along the shore. Vietnamese people, in traditional dress, propel large narrow river boats, by hand, using twin poles. Former Viet Cong who have changed sides and now support South Vietnam. South Vietnamese operate a vehicle equipped with a movie projector and loudspeaker. Children on the side of the road. A U.S. Army Special Forces (Green Beret) Sergeant and South Vietnamese Special Forces personnel, training South Vietnam regional defense forces in use of firearms, including M79 grenade launcher. (Vietnam War period).
U.S. Army 2nd Battalion (Airborne), 503rd Infantry, 173rd Airborne Brigade (Sep) on an operation in South Vietnam. Paratroopers advance through rice paddy fields and thick forest area. Officer speaks over radio phone on field. Next, soldiers are seen standing where they have popped a yellow smoke grenade to mark a landing zone.. More views of the troops making their way to the landing zone. Scene shifts to a group of Bell UH-1 Iroquois (Huey) helicopters approaching and landing in trail formation. The soldiers are dispatched in groups to board the choppers. After all are aboard, the helicopters take off in formation and depart. View from one of the helicopters as it is leaving. Soldiers are seen on the ground below. Glimpse of a helicopter pilot inside a cockpit. View of another helicopter flying above. View of helicopters flying in formation. Closeup of one flying nearby with door open.
Aerial views of the U.S. Army 1st Cavalry Division area at Ankhe in South Vietnam. View of the runway on Ankhe Airfield. An aircraft taxied near the runway. View of decoy inflated rubber tanks, Hong Kong Mountain, tents, other structures and several military vehicles. (Vietnam War period).
Tents of the American 1st Cavalry Division (Airmobile) in Ankhe, South Vietnam. Captured Vietcong weapons set up for display in the division area. View of the Division Tactical Operations Center (DTOC) area. Barbed wire in the foreground. A watch tower at the DTOC. American Military Police (MP) on guard at gate of DTOC area. (Vietnam War period).
A C-123 aircraft taxis and takes off from runway at the Ankhe Airfield in South Vietnam. Forklift unloads mail sacks from a C-130 aircraft. American 1st Cavalry Division soldiers board the C-130. (Vietnam War period).
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