U.S. 9th Infantry Division, 3rd Brigade troops in Ben Luc, Vietnam during the Vietnam War. Two soldiers in the cockpit of an air-cushion vehicle (ACV). Soldiers push the air-cushion vehicle and turn it around. The air-cushion vehicle moves on land. Soldiers with M16 rifles and M60 machine guns board the air-cushion vehicle. The air-cushion vehicle moves over land and onto water. The soldiers cover their eyes as the air-cushion vehicle moves on water. A river and a shoreline. (Note: The Navy version of this vehicle was called a Patrol Air Cushion Vehicle or PACV. Only 3 were employed by the Navy and, likewise, only 3 by the Army in the Vietnam war.)
ARVN (Army of the Republic of Vietnam) Special Forces train at the Special Forces Training Center in Cam Ranh Bay, Vietnam. A classroom at the base. A sign board outside a building. A group of Vietnamese Special Forces trainees being given a lesson in the Korean martial art of Tae Kown Do by two black belt Korean instructors. Drawings on the walls. Trainees stand facing each other in two lines. Instructors observe maneuvers and direct the trainees. Instructors demonstrate and trainees follow instructions. Trainees salute and leave. A board on the wall reads 'Tae Kwon Do, 5 Dieu Tam Niem'. An instructor and student punch a bag as the trainees watch from the window. (Vietnam War period).
ARVN (Army of the Republic of Vietnam) Special Forces Training Center in Cam Ranh Bay, Vietnam. A Taek Won Do classroom at the base. A sign board outside a building. A group of Vietnamese Special Forces trainees being given a lesson in the Korean martial art of Tae Kown Do by two black belt Korean instructors. The instructors direct the students. Trainees come to the front of the classroom. They take their positions and demonstrate Taek Won Do techniques and moves. The remainder of class seated on floor watches. Drawings on the wall depict Taek Won Do moves. Other trainees repeat the exercise and salute at the end of each demonstration. (Vietnam War period).
Barbed wire surrounding prisoner of war building 25th Infantry Division Base Camp in Vietnam. Sign board reads 'No Weapons beyond this point'. View of interrogation building. United States soldier, Vietnamese prisoner and ARVN (Army of the Republic of Vietnam) interpretor walk towards interrogation room. (Vietnam War period).
A Flying Crane (CH-54) helicopter in Vietnam transporting a bridge span. Land Clearing Platoons, using tractors with tree cutting blades, clearing pieces of land to deny the enemies jungle concealment. View from inside cab of a tractor at work. U.S. Army advisory team personnel at the site of a house-building project. Vietnamese carpenters using two-man saw on a window sill. Houses built in a row. Children and men outside the houses. Equipment in a plant. Airial view of the sprawling U.S. base at Cameron Bay, Vietnam. Forklift moving cargo on the ground. (Vietnam War period).
Mating of rocket powered aircraft X-15 with B-52 Stratofortress. X-15 under pylon that is attached to the wing of B-52. X-15 on ground, one man stands halfway up on a step ladder and works on the side of X-15. Another man works on lower side of the X-15. Pylon attached to B-52 wing. Several technicians discuss in a group. Nose of B-52 with 'ARDC' and insignia of 'ARDC' on right side of the nose. X-15 on ground under pylon and engineers and technicians work around it. Three men on work stand work on forward end of pylon. X-15 under pylon and men work on the front part. Forward end of pylon over the X-15 with workmen silhouetted in the shadow of X-15. X-15 on hoist. Two men in front, and two men on work stand. Hoist in air with nose wheel sitting on it. Nose and nose wheel on hoist raised up in the air. Man works on control box and stands off side. Control box in operator's hand. Four support crewmen work on tail gear of X-15. People stand around X-15 and look towards it. Three men stand near the tail and look at the dolly wheels on X-15. A man stands beside the X-15 with hand in inspection panel. Two men stand by the tail of X-15. View of X-15 from bottom. Tail of X-15 after it's mating to B-52. Nose wheel on hoist raised in air, and after being mated to B-52. Space between nose wheel and hoist. Hoist in raised position. Top of hoist in raised position under nose gear. Hoist is lowered, underbelly of X-15. Covered exhaust pipe in the tail. X-15 after being mated with B-52. Jack holds up the wing of B-52. A view of the outboard engine. A man works on X-15 and stands on the wing. Upper part of X-15 tail. Two men in discussion behind the X-15.
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