United States soldiers unload weapons and place them on the ground during the Vietnam War. Crates with various markings. Captured North Vietnamese weapons such as rifles, submachine guns, and ammunition on display. The soldiers inspect Chinese anti-tank and mortar rounds captured from North Vietnamese forces. A finger points to Chinese markings. North Vietnamese leader Ho Chi Minh meets with delegates. Ho Chi Minh and other North Vietnamese communist leaders attend meeting with United States officials. “Our war aim in South Vietnam is peace. President Johnson has directed me to do everything possible to bring this matter from the battlefield to the conference table. And so we’ve been utilizing all of the existing and available political machinery for that purpose” says Secretary of State Dean Rusk during an interview.
View of Ubon Royal Thai Air Force Base where revetment construction is going on. Tractor earth mover carrying prefabricated metal siding sections to work site. View of workers at work site. Workers install siding sections and cross pieces to set up F-4 revetments.
Tractor earth mover carries prefabricated metal siding sections to F-4 revetments construction site at Ubon Royal Thai Air Force Base. Siding sections are erected at the construction site and workers fix the metal parts on these sections. Thai workers join the metal parts of siding sections using bolts. Close view of tractor wheel. A worker hammers on a metal part.
Tractor earth mover carries a prefabricated metal siding section to the construction site where F-4 revetments are constructed at Ubon RTAFB. A set of siding sections at the site. Engineers of 556th Civil Engineering Squadron examine the work. Workers install siding sections and cross pieces. One partition is constructed partially.
Two tractor earth movers carrying metal siding sections to other side where F-4 Phantom revetments are set up. Workers install siding sections and metal pieces. A Thai worker directs the tractor earth mover.
Aerial views of Ubon Royal Thai Air Force Base including POL and general storage areas. Views of flight line , with half constructed revetments and completed revetments, some containing F-4 Phantom aircraft.