President of South Vietnam Nguyen Van Thieu during his visit to San Clemente in California, United States. Mrs. Thieu talks with American and Vietnamese dignitaries standing on a poolside before a garden luncheon. President Nixon, the First Lady Patricia, President Thieu and Mrs. Thieu walk towards the lunch table at the poolside.
President of South Vietnam Nguyen Van Thieu during his visit to San Clemente in California, United States. President Nixon, President Thieu walk together on a golf course in San Clemente. The two leaders confer while walking in the lawns of the golf course.
U.S. 1st Air Cavalry Division troops at a sandbagged emplacement in Ankhe, Vietnam. Gun crewman holds a 106mm shell, as a Sergeant uses wrench to adjust fuze on its nose. Soldier then loads it into M-40 Recoilless Rifle. Another soldier looks through a scope mounted on side of the weapon. View of the 106mm shell. (Vietnam War period).
Sign outside a building reads "Briefing Room". Officers of the American 82D Aviation Company enter the briefing room. Briefing session. UH-1D helicopters land on airfield. 173D Airborne brigade troops rush off from the helicopters and take cover in woods. (Vietnam War period).
United States expands help to South Vietnam in their fight with the Vietcong rebels, early in the Vietnam War. United States Marine Corps land on the Vietnam shore. Landing crafts and amphibious vehicles reach the shore. Marines advance inwards from the shore. Military vehicles offload from the landing craft vehicles. U.S. helicopters patrols in search of Vietcong. South Vietnamese soldiers in jungles. Aerial view of U.S. Navy F-4J Phantom II fighter from the USS Enterprise in formation, with USS Enterprise aircraft carrier (CVN-65) visible below. Aerial view as U.S. aircraft attack ground targets. Explosions on ground as targets are hit by fighter jets. Aerial view of two U.S. Air Force B-52 bombers in flight, with bomb bay doors open and bombs raining down on targets. View of explosions on ground as bombs hit target.
U.S. Army assault on Hill 875 South West of Dakto, South Vietnam. U.S. soldiers of the 503rd Airborne Infantry Regiment's 2nd and 4th Battalions move up trail through woods for the assault. Officer stops and talk to a soldier. Other soldiers join them. A soldier talks on radio. The troops pause until supporting strikes are made ahead of them before moving forward. They repeat this action several times until they reach the summit, now abandoned by the enemy, leaving only wreckage, a tangle of burnt bush and trees and a charred corpse. Soldiers carry a rolled litter. (Vietnam War period).
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