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Buildup of South Vietnamese military with American advice and assistance

American aid to South Vietnam during the Vietnam War. President Dwight D. Eisenhower, speaking at a Gettysburg College commencement, on April 4, 1959, notes, among other things, that the cost of defending freedom must be paid in many places. And he mentions Berlin,Vietnam,and the Middle East. Scene shifts to South Vietnam where recruits are being signed up for its armed forces. Glimpse of a U.S. Army Lieutenant advisor, in sunglasses, smoking a pipe, on a crowded street. Local people in the area. Scene shifts to 1960. Two U.S. Army Ranger advisors, in full brim hats (3214D-M41), stand near as a contingent of Montagnard troops boards a train. View from armed guard standing on front of train as it travels along a single rail in deserted area. A sudden explosion occurs on the train track about 100 yards ahead. Next machine gun fire is seen coming from an armored gun turret on the train. View from inside the armored compartment, as the gun fires, spraying the surrounding area with bullets, creating two explosions nearby. South Vietnamese soldiers (ARVN) pursuing enemy in wooded areas. One, down deep in underbrush, is firing a machine gun. Several others are engaging enemy with small arms. Huts being blown up. ARVN troops returning from an engagement, carrying wounded on stretchers. Year, 1961, and an official American Government airplane is seen. It carries General Maxwell Taylor (in mufti) who was sent by President John F. Kennedy. Taylor is seen being interviewed on the airport ramp. A U.S. Air Force officer training young Vietnamese pilot trainees. A Vietnamese student pilot in a T-28 training airplane.

Date: 1961
Duration: 2 min 3 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675071035
Montagnard tribesmen wearing lion clothes cut weeds from a field at Camp Enari in Vietnam.

Montagnard tribesmen cut weeds from a field in Vietnam. Tribal huts shown. The Montagnards wear lion clothes. Hills seen in the distance. Fields with scattered fields. Vietnamese children wearing conical hats lead a herd of cattle on an unpaved path.

Date: 1967
Duration: 2 min 7 sec
Sound: No
Color: Color
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: None
Clip: 65675021015
Flares descend on a dark night sky at Khe Sanh, Vietnam.

Flares fired from an aircraft, descend on a dark night sky at Khe Sanh, Vietnam. View of explosion on ground.

Date: 1968
Duration: 1 min 15 sec
Sound: No
Color: Color
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: None
Clip: 65675022563
Remains of damaged and partially disassembled CH46A Sky Knight helicopter in parking area at Khe Sanh, Vietnam.

Remains of damaged and partially disassembled CH46A Sky Knight helicopter in parking area at Khe Sanh, Vietnam. View of bunkers and ammunition dump with dirt and bushy area.

Date: 1968, January 21
Duration: 37 sec
Sound: No
Color: Color
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: None
Clip: 65675022572
Smoke, sparks and fire rises as ammunition dump explodes in Khe Sanh, Vietnam.

Smoke, sparks and fire rises as ammunition dump explodes in Khe Sanh, Vietnam. View of 105 Howitzer with bunkers and sandbag walls in the foreground. White smoke rises with explosions from ammunition dump.

Date: 1968, January 20
Duration: 2 min 44 sec
Sound: No
Color: Color
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: None
Clip: 65675022575
United States Marine relaxing at his barracks in Vietnam.

A U.S. Marine selects a paperback from the bookshelf in his barracks and settles down on his bunk to read. (Vietnam War period).

Date: 1968, May 21
Duration: 1 min 24 sec
Sound: No
Color: Color
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: None
Clip: 65675022588