Air drops during military operations in Burma during World War II. Green plains and hills. U.S. Army Air Forces (AAF) Douglas C-47 Skytrain in flight. Crewman drops supplies from the rear hatch. USAAF roundel on the aircraft wing. Air views of the topography. C-47s in flight.
Air drops during military operations in Burma in World War II. An air strip amidst green plains in the jungle area. U.S. Army Air Forces (AAF) Douglas C-47 Skytrain in flight. C-47s in flight over clouds. USAAF roundel on the aircraft wing. Air views of the topography. A river running through a mountain gorge. Clouds over the mountains.
U.S. Army personnel train at the MACV (Military Assistance Command Vietnam) Recondo School in Nha Trang, Vietnam. One soldier is seen sitting offshore, in a large black rubber boat (RB-15 Zodiac) in final phase of boat swamping and up-righting exercise. Other soldiers are seen in the water all around the boat. Those in the water gradually climb aboard, as the team keeps the boat stabilized, until all are on board, out of the water. In change of scene, a team, of nine soldiers, paddles their boat away from shore. (Beach, with some soldiers wading is seen in background.) In next scene they paddle back and beach the boat. (Vietnam War period).
The U.S. Embassy under construction in Saigon, Vietnam. The Embassy being built by OICC Contractors. A forklift backing out with supplies. A worker gives hand signals. American construction personnel. The Embassy hallway under construction. Vietnamese workers seen throughout the work area.
U.S. Military Police (MP) in Vietnam. View from a Military Police jeep en route on a street. MPs of the 504th MP Headquarters patrol the highway. Jeep passes row of bars. The MP halts in front of a bar. Two MPs enter and leave the bar.
A Refugee Settlement Camp south of Dak To in South Vietnam. Colonel Everrett A. Stoutner, Deputy Commander, U.S. Army 3rd Brigade 25th Infantry Division, and officers visit the refugee camp. Major Bong, Chief of Camp, RVN Army, assembles the refugees. Major Bong briefs visiting dignitaries and takes the group around. The visitors and camp workers distribute candy and soap to the refugees. Girl sifting rice. The Camp site with Montagnard refugees showing living quarters of crudely constructed make shift tents. (Vietnam War period).
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