View through cockpit window as United States Army 12th Air Commando aircraft (Fairchild C-123 Provider) together in formation flight, over "The Trace", a ten-mile strip of land that lies between Con Thien and Gia Linh, Vietnam as part of Operation Ranch Hand during the Vietnam War. A Fairchild C-123 Provider descends to prepare to spray defoliant agent over Vietnam. View of pilot wearing hard helmet taken from behind the cockpit. View of “The Trace” (between Con Thien and Gia Linh) from the cockpit of the Fairchild C-123 Provider.
American soldiers of the 1st Brigade, 7th Cavalry speak to Vietnamese farmers in jungle of Que Son Valley during Operation Wallowa in the Vietnam War. Another Vietnamese farmer, wearing headscarf, approaches the group, escorted by another American soldier. Vietnamese elder farmers talking. Vietnamese farmers accompany American troops through the jungle. American soldiers, some wearing clear plastic to keep dry, walk through forested village and dense jungle bushes.
United States soldiers of the 1st Brigade, 7th Cavalry wade through muddy river in Que Son Valley during the Vietnam War as part of Operation Wallowa. View of legs wading through the muddy river. A United States Army helicopter (Bell UH-1 Iroquois “Huey”) lands in farm as Vietnamese farmers stand back.
A United States African-American soldier of the 1st Brigade, 7th Cavalry gestures to the Vietnamese farmers and their children to get out of their hut in Que Son Valley during the Vietnam War as part of Operation Wallowa. A white soldier directs the Vietnamese villagers away from their hut. The Vietnamese stand behind bushes with other villagers one by one. Vietnamese woman holds her infant son. The infant son’s hair is shaved except for a small spot of hair near the forehead, in Da A Fu or "A Fu" Chinese style.
United States soldier of the 1st Brigade, 7th Cavalry distributescandy bars, likely Hershey’s Tropical Chocolate Bar rationed to United States soldiers, to Vietnamese villagers in Que Son Valley during the Vietnam War. Vietnamese children’s hands open, waiting for American soldiers to give them free candy. American soldier gives candy bars to Vietnamese children from plastic bag. Vietnamese mother holds child with United States Army candy bar.
Vietnamese villagers assemble in open field with U.S. soldiers of the 1st Brigade, 7th Cavalry in Que Son Valley during the Vietnam War. Vietnamese villagers are being briefed by American and South Vietnamese (ARVN) soldiers. Vietnamese villagers, with head scarf-wearing women holding their young children, squat in field in Que Son Valley.