United States Vice President Richard Nixon arrives at the Dinh Gia Long Palace (now known as the Ho Chi Minh City Museum 65 Lý Tự Trọng, Bến Nghé, Quận 1, Thành phố Hồ Chí Minh 70000, Vietnam) in Saigon, Vietnam. Flags of the United States and Vietnam fly atop the palace. Soldiers dressed in white stand for an honor guard. Vice President Nixon, American Ambassador to Indochina (Cambodia, Laos and South Vietnam) Donald R. Heath, along with other officials from Vietnam enter the palace where they have a meeting. After the meeting they come out of the palace.
Vietnam tour by U.S. Deputy Secretary of Defense, David Packard. Mr.Packard enters the Vietnamese Naval shipyard, Saigon. A motorcade seen. Vietnamese personnel in the background. Cars enter a gate. Mr Packard meets Commodore Tran Van Chon, Chief of Naval Operations,Vietnamese Navy and Captain Bich, Commander of Republic of Vietnam Naval shipyard. Mr Packard meets with several Vietnamese officers. Mr Packard ; U.S. Vice Admiral Elmo Russell Zumwalt, Comnavforces, Vietnam and Commodore Chon look at the map of the shipyard. Mr Packard enters a car. The car moves. Republic of Vietnam military police in a jeep. The official party departs the shipyard.
USAF,USN and ARVN personnel requiring air transportation through the 8th Aerial Port squadron terminal on Tan Son Nhut Air Base in Saigon, Vietnam. United States Air Force (USAF),United States Navy (USN) and Army of the Republic of Vietnam (ARVN) airmen at counter process request for identification forms. Men at counter check forms. The luggage being checked and tags put on the luggage. Vietnamese airmen stand at the counter. U.S. and Republic of Vietnam passengers wait in lobby. Two airmen sleep in lobby. (Vietnam War period).
Aerial view of Newport Dock area near Saigon, Vietnam. Aerial views of U.S. Army and Army of the Republic of Vietnam (ARVN) logistics base located on the Saigon River. View of warehouses and dockyard. Ships anchored at harbor.
Aerial view of United States army port facilities at Saigon River in South Vietnam. Ships harbored at dockyard. Road leads from Saigon to Bien Hoa Air Base. View of an airstrip. Aerial view of Bien Hoa Air Base with clouds in the foreground. (Vietnam War period).
Vietcong Tet Offensive underway in Saigon, Vietnam during Vietnam War. A burned out truck on a narrow street in Saigon. U.S. Army soldiers duck for cover behind the wrecked truck. Trees on either side of the street. A U.S. soldier who is badly burned and wounded is being treated by other soldiers on the street. He is placed on a stretcher and then into an ambulance for evacuation. Another wounded soldier is placed on a litter. American soldiers and military police at the roadside. They hold rifles.
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