Stack of 105mm howitzer rounds during Operation Big Springs in North of Bien Hoa, South Vietnam. U.S. 2D Battalion 503D Infantry 173D Airborne Brigade soldier setting up an M-102, 105mm Howitzer in field. (Vietnam War period).
United States ambassador to South Vietnam Maxwell D. Taylor leaves 23rd Infantry Division headquarters. Ambassador Taylor gets down from an American Army plane as he arrives at Nha Trang airfield. The U.S. ambassador is introduced to American and Vietnamese officers. A board reads, '8th field hospital, Nha Trang' with a map of the hospital. (Vietnam War period).
The Vice President of the United States, Hubert H. Humphrey, visits the U.S. Army Americal Division in Chu Lai, South Vietnam (aka 23rd Infantry). U.S. and Vietnamese flags. Vice President Humphrey, U.S. General William C. Westmoreland, Commandant of U.S. Marine Corps, Robert E Cushman and U.S. Major General Samuel W Koster on a platform. Americal division troops march with flags. Humphrey pins decorations on soldiers and makes a short speech. He shakes hands with one soldier. (Vietnam War period).
Elements of three U.S. Marine Battalions land at Chu Lai in Quang Tin Province, South Vietnam during the Vietnam War. Seabees Command Post on a beach. Jeeps and soldiers on a beach. Soldiers near a tent. M-48 tank being driven off causeway. M5O Ontos a light armored tracked anti-tank vehicle on a beach. A soldier debarks from the tank and runs on sand. Ships off shore.
Elements of three U.S. Marine Battalions land at Chu Lai in Quang Tin Province, South Vietnam during the Vietnam War. Landing Vehicle Tracked Personnel Mark 5 (LVTP5s) move onto beach. M-48 tank comes off a Landing Craft Vehicle Personnel (LCVP) in deep water. A marine wades ashore.
Elements of three U.S. Marine Battalions land at Chu Lai in Quang Tin Province, South Vietnam during the Vietnam War. Vietnamese girl puts floral wreath on a marine. Viet girls walks on a beach. Signs on a beach read 'Down With Red Chinese Belligerents' ,'Long Live VN -US Friendship','Welcome U.S. Marines Corps'. A crane bogged down in water in front of a Landing Craft Utility (LCU). Marine walks near the shoreline
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