Rear view of United States Army Bell UH-1 Iroquois “Huey” helicopters during the Vietnam War. U.S. Army helicopter pilot and soldier crew member in cockpit. South Vietnamese soldiers using a field phone. Republic F-105 Thunderchief fighter bombers in flight. Aerial bombing of Vietcong positions. An officer points to a map. Hand traces marked positions on the map. Vietnamese civilians evacuate from their homes. An injured civilian is taken on a helicopter. A Vietnamese child cries. Vietnamese children wash their hands and dries them with washcloths. A girl combs her hair. A boy lays a tablecloth and glass on the table. A girl holding a bowl of biscuits. A boy is given a biscuit and eats it. “I do not find it easy to send the flower of our youth, our finest young men, into battle,” says United States President Lyndon B. Johnson during a news conference at the White House on July 28, 1965. Photographs of various young American men of different backgrounds, some with their girlfriends or working. A photograph of American teenagers or young adults. Communist Chinese leader Mao Zedong smiling. A portrait of North Vietnamese leader Ho Chi Minh over a flag of North Vietnam. View of a ship’s bow. The United States Navy aircraft carrier USS Wasp (CV-18) or USS Lexington (CV-16). A Douglas A-4 Skyhawk fighter jet takes off from aircraft carrier. A pair of bombers dropping bombs over Vietnam. Bombs falling from bomber. Aerial view of bombs exploding in North Vietnam. A USMC LVTP-5 amphibious armored personnel carrier. United States Marines land on beach head and moving in jungle. “This, then, my fellow Americans, is why we are in Vietnam.” President Johnson ends his speech.
A documentary series titled 'The Big Picture' on Mission Montagnard of United States soldiers during the Vietnam War. An animated map showing North Vietnam and South Vietnam. An aerial view of the central highlands of Vietnam. These places have been infested by guerrilla forces. A village in the highlands. Tribal people stand outside their huts. Some people walk along a street. Men cut wood. U.S. soldiers stand outside a building and discuss amongst themselves. They are accompanied by Vietnamese special forces. The soldiers seated in a jeep pass along the street. Villagers gather outside their houses. The soldiers meet them. They give candies to children and talk to them. A medic drives a jeep. He opens a box of medicine and places it in the jeep.
President of the United States Lyndon Baines Johnson visits Cam Ranh Bay Air Base in Vietnam during the Vietnam War. Military Police and Security Police form a cordon taking one arm's distance and salute. Insignia of the U.S. Air Force 12th Tactical Fighter Wing. Aircraft ramp reads 'Welcome to Cam Ranh Bay'. Ramp being pushed out to the United States Air Force aircraft VC-137B. President Johnson wearing tan gabardine zipper jacket bearing the gold seal of the President and General William Wallace Momyer alighting. The President Shakes hands with the Vice President of Vietnam Nguyen Cao Ky, U.S. ambassador to South Vietnam Ellsworth Bunker and General William C. Westmoreland. He talks to William C. Westmoreland. The President and Nguyen Cao Ky leave the air base in a car.
President of the United States Lyndon Baines Johnson with other officials at Cam Ranh Bay Air Base in Vietnam during the Vietnam War. United States Army General William C. Westmoreland,Lyndon Baines Johnson and U.S. ambassador to South Vietnam Ellsworth Bunker talk. William C. Westmoreland and Lyndon Baines Johnson on a platform. U.S. troops salute. Officials on a platform during the playing of national anthem. Officials include Vice President of Vietnam Nguyen Cao Ky, Ellsworth Bunker and Vietnamese officer talk. President Johnson pins medals on to men.
A moratorium march in Washington D.C by pacifists and anti-war demonstrators against the Vietnam War. A banner reads 'Impudent snobs for peace'. Demonstrators carrying American flags and wearing badges march at the rally to protest against United States involvement in the Vietnam War. One protestor carries North Vietnamese flag of National Front for the Liberation of the South. One person carries a flag with a dove on it. A banner reads 'Stop the trials'. Some protestors have hippie hair styles and clothing. A banner reads: "Bring all the troops home Now!" Many views of people on Constitution Avenue, between the Washington Monument and the Ellipse.
News special report about U.S. President Richard Nixon's 'Silent Majority' speech from the White House about Vietnam War. President Nixon addresses the nation from an office in the White House. He speaks of U.S. programs in future and replacement of all U.S. ground forces by South Vietnamese forces. He denies a fixed timetable of U.S. withdrawal and about Paris Peace Talks. He says that if violence from North Vietnam continues, the U.S. can take strong steps. He appreciates the concern of young Americans to restore peace. He calls to get united for the existence of peace. He recalls the efforts of former President Woodrow Wilson to reassure world peace during World War I
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