Operation Thayer II by First Air Cavalry Division of United States Army in Ankhe, South Vietnam. Patrolling team of soldiers in rice paddies watch a UH-1D helicopter flying. Medic treats injuries of an old Vietcong suspect. Soldiers discover uniform and blankets of U.S. soldiers in a village. A soldier in waist deep water of swamp, another soldier pulls him out. UH-1D helicopter patrols over a river and rice paddies. (Vietnam War period).
Operation Thayer II by First Air Cavalry Division of United States Army in Ankhe, South Vietnam. UH-1D helicopter during flight and landing; U.S. Army soldiers jump out of the helicopter. Patrolling team of soldiers rush through rice paddies. A soldier loses balance and falls in knee deep bog. Soldiers arrest natives of a village. An old couple on their knees folds their hands and begs for mercy. Soldiers round woman and children on gun point. Soldier searches shacks of natives. (Vietnam War period).
U.S. Air Force O-1E Bird Dog liaison aircraft in flight over Tan An, Vietnam during Vietnam War. O-1E taxis on airstrip. Aerial view of O-1E in flight. Observer throws WP (White Phosphorus) marker grenade from window of O-1E in flight. Smoke rises from grenade explosions.
View through cockpit window as United States Army 12th Air Commando aircraft (Fairchild C-123 Provider) together in formation flight, over "The Trace", a ten-mile strip of land that lies between Con Thien and Gia Linh, Vietnam as part of Operation Ranch Hand during the Vietnam War. A Fairchild C-123 Provider descends to prepare to spray defoliant agent over the area. View of pilot wearing hard helmet taken from behind the cockpit. View of “The Trace” (between Con Thien and Gia Linh) from the cockpit of the Fairchild C-123 Provider.
Dredging operations at U.S. "Brown Water Navy" Base Camp, Dong Tam, South Vietnam, during the Vietnam War. Mud and water flowing out the end of a dredge pipe. A man in shorts, wearing a combat helmet, is monitoring the operation in the background. Closeup of that man standing ankle-deep in mud. Closeup of the high-volume output at the end of the dredge pipe. A caterpillar tractor moves mud to form a berm. Closeup of the tractor blade moving mud. More views of the tractor at work. Closeup of a Vietnamese man at the tractor controls. View at some distance from the dredge pipe and berm.
View of the Dredge, "New Jersey," employed by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers to deepen a turning basin in the Mekong River, South Vietnam, during the Vietnam War. This action is part of the U.S. construction of the Dong Tam Base, in the Mekong Delta. Scene shifts to interior of engine room aboard the dredge where a rotating shaft and pump outlet are visible. On deck, camera focuses on sign above the bridge reading: "New Jersey." Sign above the doorway reads: "No Visitors Allowed." Views of dredging pipes laying across the ship's deck and extending out across floats, into the river. A boat tied up near the dredge. (Note: the only sound is essentially "wild.")
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