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.
U.S. military troops being transported to South Vietnam, Vietnam during the Vietnam War. A vessel underway in ocean carrying U.S. soldiers to South Vietnam. Members of the 101st Airborne Division arrive at Cam Ranh Bay. The soldiers are taken in army vehicles to the base. The soldiers at the base. The regimental banner and the U.S. flag. General Taylor who retires as the U.S. Ambassador to Vietnam with the soldiers. The soldiers salute. The men of the Screaming Eagle Division take up their positions at the new base. The U.S. soldiers near army vehicles. A few soldiers on heels. A soldier in position.
Manila Summit Conference to review the efforts for negotiations of a peaceful settlement of the Vietnam war, in South East Asia. An official speaks. View of U.S. White House. A U.S. plane in flight as President Johnson attends a seven nation Summit Conference to be held in Manila. View of Manila city. Miniature flags of South Korea, Thailand, Australia, and New Zealand. President of the Philippines, Ferdinand Emmanuel EdralĂn Marcos officiates ceremony. Asian allies soldiers standing. South Korean troops disembark the landing craft to support American military action in Vietnam. U.S. combat troops and U.S. Army helicopters are in action. Asian allies troops move into action in Vietnam.
From a U.S. Information Service film entitled "A Threat to the Peace", describing the South Vietnamese people and forces, and their efforts against the Vietcong forces from the north. An illustration of globe. Map of Vietnam and neighboring countries. Devastated bridges and canals in South Vietnam. South Vietnamese children at work rebuilding huts. Scene of market. A man with a basket full of coconuts. Farmers in a field working the soil by hand and with ox. A man harvests grapes on a farm and collects them in a basket. Women study in school. Girls in kitchen prepare food. A man sprays insecticide chemicals in fields with a sprayer to kill mosquitos and eradicate malaria. A man teaches a girl at home. Students at a research laboratory. Students see an experiment. A soldier walks in between huts. View of damage from Vietcong forces, including bullet holes in the side of a community building, damaged equipment, a burned out van and a burned out car. (Vietnam War period).
United States and South Vietnamese soldiers defend Kontum during the Nguyen Hue Campaign of the Vietnam War. U.S. and South Vietnamese soldiers in a helicopter in flight. A soldiers talks over the radio receiver. Another mans a machine gun. Aerial view of the area below. The pilot in the cockpit. Black smoke rising from enemy rocket explosion in residential area near the Kontum airfield. U.S. FSB (Fire Support Base) November, with enemy artillery rounds exploding in rice paddies near the base. The machine gun barrel and ammunition belt. A South Vietnamese soldier alongside a U.S. gunner firing M-16 rifle towards the ground. Explosions in enemy positions. A South Vietnamese officer questions Montagnard refugees on a road. U.S. soldiers stand by and watch.
United States soldiers of 4th Battalion assault on Hill 875 South West of Dakto in South Vietnam. The priest reads the prayer. Captain John P Trop of 4th Battalion holds thanks giving service between the bushes and branches. Soldiers during sermon. Trop serves communion. He dips wafers in wine and hands them to tired soldiers. (Vietnam War period).
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