ARVN (Army of the Republic of Vietnam) troops in Vietnam during the Vietnam War. ARVN troopers on a field. North Vietnamese prisoners are blindfolded and their hands are tied behind them. Another group of prisoners seated. The prisoners are loaded aboard a helicopter. The helicopter takes off.
National Day parade in Vietnam. A sign reads '197 Aviation armed helicopter company operations' Men with flags at the annual parade to commemorate the over throw of the Diem regime in Vietnam. A Military Police officer salutes in the foreground. United States Ambassador to Vietnam Henry Cabot Lodge arrives and takes his place in the stand. Various high ranking Vietnamese offices salute the Ambassador as they stand in front of the stand with crowds in the background. Vietnamese Prime minister Air Marshal Nguyen Cao Ky get off a car and walks around the front and is almost run over as the car lurches forward. Balloons being released and head skywards.
National Day parade in Vietnam. Vietnamese officer in a jeep as he moves past the review stand during an annual parade to commemorate the overthrow of Diem regime in Vietnam. Vietnamese soldiers carrying flags march past the stands. Officers review the parade in the background. Men and women of the Montagnard group march past the stands. Viet police, civil guards, rangers and Marines march past the stands. Vietnamese cavalry units, sailors march with a military police officer in the foreground. Flags as United States Navy CH-34 helicopters and 0-1 planes fly overhead. American soldiers of 173rd Brigade carrying the flags of United States march past the stands. American sailors, marines and airmen parade past. A military band marches at the parade. (Vietnam War period).
National Day parade in Vietnam. Flags of different nations hoisted as aircraft fly over head at an annual parade to commemorate the overthrow of Diem regime in Vietnam. High ranking Vietnamese officers and United States ambassador Henry Cabot Lodge in the review stand. Vietnamese tanks, trucks and communication vans pass in review. Helicopters and jets fly overhead during the parade. Trucks with Vietnamese soldiers tow artillery pieces past the stand. (Vietnam War period).
United States 1st Cavalry Division soldiers during phase II of Operation Mosby in Vietnam. Soldiers of United States 1st Cavalry division work on a M-102 105 mm Howitzer on a field in Pleiku, Vietnam. A soldier speaks on a hand radio as soldiers fire the 105 mm Howitzer. Howitzer being fired and smoke rises. A plane in flight in the background. United States Army CH-47 Chinook helicopter landed on a field as a M-274 mule loaded with boxes comes off the helicopter. Supply boxes being unloaded from the helicopter by soldiers. (Vietnam War period).
U.S. troops celebrate Christmas in Vietnam during the Vietnam War. A cardboard cut out depicting Santa Claus at the entrance of a barracks. A soldier holds a small white Christmas tree. Other soldiers decorate a tree with ornaments. A Christmas tree and a cross at the entrance of a chapel. United States Navy aircraft carrier USS Kitty Hawk underway at sea. An altar aboard the USS Kitty Hawk. A bible placed at the altar. A Christmas tree decorated with greeting cards. Santa Claus arrives at an orphanage in Vietnam on board a tank that has been painted white and appointed with a sled and reindeers, along with the words, 'Merry Christmas.' A sign at the orphanage reads 'Merry Christmas and Happy New Year' and depicts Santa driving a bulldozer. Vietnamese children wave. The U.S. Navy Chaplains Corp Chief James Kelly speaks at a desk extending Christmas wishes. A Chaplain conducts a prayer service. A patrol boat underway at sea. The American flag waves alongside the South Vietnamese flag. Background music is U.S. Navy Seachanters singing Christmas Carol "I Heard the Bells on Christmas Day".