A newly developed Allied weapon airboat underway in water, Vietnam. Driven by airplane propellers it can operate on only four inches of water. Vietnamese soldiers on board the airboat.
Lieutenant Colonel John C. Hughes Commander of United States 52nd Aviation in Vietnam. Lieutenant Colonel Hughes and crew chief look at a map with United States UH-1B helicopter in the background. A Sergeant checks a M-60 machine gun. UH-1 B helicopters lined up at Ban Me Thout airstrip. UH-1Bs take off from the airstrip. A Sergeant on alert with a gun in an airborne helicopter.
Huts in a Vietnamese village. Huts on a hill in a Montagnard village at Duc Co in Vietnam. A hut built on poles off the ground. A woman outside the hut with a child in her lap. She breast feeds the child in front of the hut.
Vietnamese construct huts in a village in Vietnam. Montagnards in a village as they cut and strip bamboo poles. A man works on a bamboo pole with a large blade. Two thatch huts standing on poles off the ground. Villagers in the foreground mostly children. A Vietnamese with a 45 Caliber sub machine gun smiles and talks to others. Villages build a hut. Frame of the hut. A man erects a pole. Others cut logs of wood. A hut with a woman and two children in the foreground.
Mid air fueling of airplanes in Vietnam. The U.S. Navy's twin jet A 3 'Sky warrior' works as a flying gas station. Airplanes in flight. The twin jet provides mid air refueling facility to the bombers.
View through barbed wire at contract airlines supplementing the armed forces in Vietnam. Airlift International DC-7 taxiing on runway. United States tank parked along a side of the air base and barbed wire entanglements in the area.