Dining hall at Cam Ranh Bay Air Base in South Vietnam. Airmen dip mess plates in hot boiling water before entering the hall. They walk in line towards the mess. Board reads 'Please Sterilize Mess Gear Before Using'. Group of men dump food into garbage can and scrub mess gear. They sterilize the gear after use.
Messing facilities at Cam Ranh Bay Air Base in South Vietnam. Airmen dip mess plates in hot boiling water before entering the mess. Group of men dump food into garbage can and scrub mess gear. They sterilize the gear after use. Vehicles parked outside the mess. Airmen wait in line at the Dining Entrance.
United States Army soldiers swim at rest and recreation site during Vietnam war. Soldiers dive and swim in Tiger lake in Cam Ranh Bay in Khanh Hoa in Vietnam. Cam Ranh Bay is a deep water bay at an inlet of South China Sea. Other people swim and sit by the beach side to relax. War weary soldiers swim and enjoy in water along with girls to relax.
Entrance gate of in-country rest and recreation center with a board on top which reads Tiger lake recreation area in Khanh Hoa in Vietnam. Two United States Army soldiers walk into the recreation area. Soldiers of United States Army 101st Airborne Division dressed in their uniforms walk into the area and sit on benches placed under trees. Soldiers take off their shoes and uniform and get into Tiger lake at Cam Ranh Bay to swim and relax. (Vietnam War period).
Activities at Da Nang Air Base in Vietnam. A truck parked near an aircraft at the air base. Soldiers throw bags on ground as men load them onto the plane. A trailer near United States C-130 A aircraft as men push a pallet loaded with supply bags from the plane onto the trailer. (Vietnam War period).
A helicopter flies over the runway as U.S. Army RU-8D Beechcraft Seminole aircraft, with olive drab paint job, and serial number 57-6053, makes a successful gear up landing on a foam-covered runway at Ton Son Nhut Air Base in South Vietnam. Ppilot walks away from the plane as firefighters and equipment move in. The aircraft is from the 146th Aviation Company, 224th Aviation Battalion (Radio Research) at Ton Son Nhut Air Base, Saigon. The many antennae, of various types seen on it, are typical of Special Electronic Mission Aircraft that flew so-called electronic intelligence (ELINT) missions.( Note: This landing was skillfully executed by the pilot with both engines feathered and props rotated to minimize contact with the ground..) (Vietnam War period).
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