South Vietnamese farmers spray rice field with pesticide before the U.S. Vietnam War. Farmers pound rice using a foot-powered rice pounder. Steam shovel bucket scoops rubble. Vietnamese miners strip mining coal. They push a cart filled with coal. A man extracts natural rubber from a tree. Workers at a latex processing facility. South Vietnamese women working at a textile factory with a large loom. United States President Dwight D. Eisenhower addresses the graduates at Gettysburg College in April 4, 1959. “We have learned, too, that the cost of defending freedom--of defending America--must be paid in many forms and in many places. They are assessed in all parts of the world--in Berlin, in Viet-Nam, in the Middle East--here at home.” President Eisenhower said. South Vietnamese men line up to enlist and gather their uniforms. Newly enlisted South Vietnamese soldiers climb into a truck for transport.
Operation Seafloat in the Cua Lon River,Vietnam. Armed Vietnamese personnel board PCFs (Patrol Craft Fast, also called Swift Boats) along side a barge. A gun mounted aboard a PCF. Men on the PCF. A USN (United States Navy) man in a flak jacket and helmet works inside the cabin of the vessel. A barge personnel on deck works with weapons. Vietnamese soldiers clean and oil M-16 rifles on the PCF. American personnel with M-16 rifles. A U.S. flag seen fluttering in the background. Heavy foliage on the riverbank as seen during a fire fight. Vietnamese soldiers move into heavy brush. An RVN (Republic of Vietnam) personnel moves out of a cabin on the river craft. Armed PCF moves slowly up the river. River craft at bank of the river. Other crafts seen. A part of the bow of the PCF in the river appears to have been shot away. (Vietnam War period).
Riverine Operation in the Vinh Te Canal, Vietnam. Several dead Viet Cong soldiers on the ground in brush near water. A young wounded Viet Cong soldier. RVN (Republic of Vietnam) troopers around the wounded boy. A dead Viet Cong along the canal bank. Trees damaged by machine gun fire. PBRs (Patrol Boat River) framed in the foreground. Vietnamese soldiers take care of the wounded Viet Cong boy. A Vietnamese hospital corpsman prepares bandages for him. The wounded boy lying on the grass on his back. Decomposed body of a dead Viet Cong. USN (United States Navy) PBR crewmen bend over the man. A dead Viet Cong soldier with left arm severed at the shoulder. (Vietnam War period).
Combat operations of the United States Army 1st Infantry Division soldiers in Lai Khe, South Vietnam during the Vietnam War. A soldier plays guitar in a 105 mm howitzer emplacement. 'Vietnam War' written on the guitar. '1st Infantry Division' patch on the shoulder of the soldier. Soldiers talk amongst themselves. They swab bore of the 105 mm howitzer.
Jewelry, cloth-shops, various shops and shoppers at busy markets in South Vietnam. Jewelry items on display at a jewelry shop. Signboard on top of the entrance of a shop reads 'Duc Hien'. Women shoppers inside a shop. Fabric rolls lined in rows at a shop.Men and women peruse them at the shop. Young women buy fruits from shops by the side of road. Middle aged women sew blankets at a shop. A flower stall and variety of flowers in it. A man looks at shoes on display in a store. Fashion accessories such as jewelry and sunglasses are seen on display at a shop.
Hong Kong Hotel in Vietnam. Another building nearby under construction. The windows and panes at the hotel. Wordings 'Hotel Hong Kong' on top of the entrance of the hotel.
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