U.S. Deputy Secretary of Defense David Packard on a tour of Vietnam. The official party arrives at the Naval Support Activity, Saigon. Binh Thuy Air Base administration building in the background. David Packard gets out of a car. He walks towards a U.S. Army UH-1H helicopter for flight to Cantho, Republic of Vietnam. The helicopter warms up. U.S. Vice Admiral Elmo Russell Zumwalt, Comnavforces, Vietnam gives a thumps up. An army officer boards the helicopter. It is ready for lift off. The plane director gives a signal for the lift off. The helicopter lifts off. Dignitaries stand in rain next to the helicopter at Cantho. Commodore Tran Van Chon, Chief of Naval Operations;Vietnamese Navy , in a rain coat. Mr Packard walks through the rain. Commodore Chon greets him. Mr Packard enters a car. He walks away from the car and moves into a building. Mr Packard and the party enters a small building. He gets into carry all. He leaves the doorway of the small building. He walks through mud and a sailor holds an umbrella over his head. He enters a small building and chats with unidentified naval officers. Mr Packard shakes hands with Vietnamese and other officers and prepares to leave from Ben Luc. (Vietnam War period).
United States O-2 plane in flight over Ho Chin Minh Trail near Pleiku Air Force Base in Vietnam. Ho Chin Minh Trail with results of bomb hits in earlier missions. Areas struck by bombs amidst trees. Plane flies over the area.
United States HH-53 helicopter crew on a mission in Vietnam during the Vietnam War. Crew of United States HH-53 helicopter being briefed by the pilot at an air base in Vietnam with HH-53 in the background. Pilot briefs the crew. Crew boards the helicopter. Pilot and co pilot climb into the cockpit. They prepare for the flight.
President of the United States Lyndon Baines Johnson visits Cam Ranh Bay Air Base in Vietnam during the Vietnam War. President Johnson talks to U.S. Army General William C. Westmoreland. President Johnson gets in a car and pulls away with Vice President of Vietnam Nguyen Cao Ky. President Johnson and William C. Westmoreland take their places on a platform. Officials stand during the playing of the national anthem. President Johnson and William C. Westmoreland review troops in an open jeep. All services color guard. They return to the platform. President Johnson pins up medals on to U.S. military men.
President of the United States Lyndon Baines Johnson visits a hospital ward at Cam Ranh Bay Air Base in Vietnam during the Vietnam War. President Johnson pins purple hearts on several casualties in bed at a hospital ward. Vice President of Vietnam Nguyen Cao Ky and United States Army General William C. Westmoreland also present. President leaves hospital and shakes hands with men outside the hospital. President wave to the people. He drives away in a staff car.
Deployment of United States 355th Tactical Fighter Wing and departure of F-105 D aircraft from Takhli Royal Thai Air Force Base in Thailand during the Vietnam War. United States Air Force pilots don cutaways and parachutes in a PE room. The crew chief places a parachute into an aircraft. A pilot climbs up the stairs of an F-105 D aircraft.
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