Evacuation of ethnic Vietnamese from Cambodia during the Vietnam War, to help them escape massacres of ethnic Vietnamese by Cambodian forces. Ethnic Vietnamese refugees in a camp with their children and belongings wait for transportation. Women and children stand by in the area. The refugees load their baggage and board a truck. A dog, the refugees and belongings on the truck. South Vietnamese (ARVN) forces assist the civilians in loading gear as they prepare to evacuate to South Vietnam.
The December 1, 1969 Draft Lottery for the year 1970 is held at the United States Selective Service headquarters in Washington, D.C. The draft lottery is led by General Lewis B. Hershey, Selective Service Director. The ceremony begins with a benediction, and then an official pours slips of paper containing birth dates into a glass bowl. Congressman Alexander Pirnie of New York draws the first birth date. He declares the date, September 14, and another man pastes the birth date next to a number on a board. Members of the Selective Service Youth Advisory Committee draw additional birth dates and the board is filled out with the draft sequence.
U.S. Soldiers of 2nd Battalion, 503rd Infantry Regiment, 173rd Airborne Brigade, use trenching tools to dig foxholes during Operation Big Spring,February 4, 1967,14 miles North of Chin Hoi, South Vietnam. One soldier takes time out to adjust his socks and boots. Another is seen speaking on a field telephone.
Jewelry, cloth-shops, various shops and shoppers at busy markets in South Vietnam. Jewelry items on display at a jewelry shop. Signboard on top of the entrance of a shop reads 'Duc Hien'. Women shoppers inside a shop. Fabric rolls lined in rows at a shop.Men and women peruse them at the shop. Young women buy fruits from shops by the side of road. Middle aged women sew blankets at a shop. A flower stall and variety of flowers in it. A man looks at shoes on display in a store. Fashion accessories such as jewelry and sunglasses are seen on display at a shop.
A gas truck and crew at the edge of a runway in Vietnam. United States Marine Sergeant checks papers as a South Vietnamese stands before him. Marine hooks up a hose to gas truck and turns on the fuel pump. A crew member fills gas in helicopter as a long line of HUS-1 helicopters is seen on gas line. Helicopters taxi as they take off from the line. A man in tower talks to pilots of helicopters over a wireless.
463rd Airlift Operations in support of humanitarian and combat operations in South East Asia. Sign board reads '283rd Air Division Col W S Freesland, Jr Commander'. United States Airman walks towards Operations building. Insignia of 834th Air Division. Board reads 'Flight Planning'. Airman enters the flight planning office and converses with other members. They look at a map and books. (Vietnam War period).
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