C-130 aircraft and crew, employed in Project Combat Trap/Commando Vault to drop outsized bombs to create helicopter landing zones in the jungle, during the Vietnam War. Pilot seen in left seat at the controls of a C-130 aircraft in flight. Closeup of the navigator peering into a shielded radar scope, and making measurements on a chart with a pair of compasses. Camera pans over pilot to forward view out the cockpit window. Closeup of the pilot at the controls. Screen of a plan position indicator (PPI) radar images being painted by revolving scan on the scope. Closeup of the copilot in the right seat. Loadmaster in the cabin holding radar beacon.
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.
United States soldiers of the 1st Brigade, 7th Cavalry question a Vietnamese man, wearing head-scarf, as he squats in the field in Que Son Valley during the Vietnam War. Vietnamese man talks to soldiers.
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