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.)
United States 1st Cavalry Division soldiers during phase II of Operation Mosby in Vietnam. Soldiers of 1st Cavalry division question a blindfolded Viet Cong suspect on a field in Pleiku, Vietnam. The suspect points out towards an area where the Viet Cong may be hiding. U.S. soldiers look at a map and confer. A blindfolded Viet Cong suspect squats on ground and eats ration. He points out an area on a map to American officers. Officers seated on the ground as they check the map. (Vietnam War period).
Ethnic Vietnamese refugees are evacuated from Cambodia to Vung Tau, Vietnam during the Vietnam War, fleeing violence and massacres of ethnic Vietnamese in Cambodia. Trucks are lined up. Refugees carry belongings off a ship. The refugees walk with their belongings. Ships docked at a pier in South Vietnam. Cargo trucks in the foreground. South Vietnamese soldiers assist refugees and carry belongings on their shoulders. ARVN soldiers unload baggage from a truck. The refugees and baggage on the dock. RVNS Vung Tau (HQ-503) (formerly USS Cococino County) LST is docked and being unloaded. A U.S. soldier is hosing down two dogs.
VNAF (Vietnam Air Force) and USAF (United States Air Force) officers in a combat control room at a U.S. base in Pleiku, Vietnam during the Vietnam War. VNAF and USAF officers discussing a request for an air strike against Viet Cong positions. They check a wall map for location. Officers make telephone calls at a table.
VNAF (Vietnam Air Force) and USAF (United States Air Force) officers in a combat control room at a U.S. base in Pleiku, Vietnam during the Vietnam War. Viet Army officers receive phone calls at a desk. They check wall maps. VNAF and USAF officers discussing a request for an air strike against Viet Cong positions. A USAF officer typing. Signs reading 'ASOC T.T.H.Q.K.T.' and 'CTOC T.T.H.Q.C.T.'. Corps Headquarters building in Pleiku.
A U.S. Army helicopter gunships being readied for a mission, at Soc Trang, Vietnam during the Vietnam War. A sign reads 'Welcome To Viking Island, Home Of The Blue Diamond, Devils Of The Delta'. A UH-1B Iroquois helicopter parked at the base. The fronts of the helicopters display a big blue diamond with a caricature of a Viking holding a machine gun under each arm spouting flame. These belong to the 13th Aviation Battalion, 121st Assault Helicopter Company of Tigers and Vikings at Soc Trang, Vietnam. (Tigers had lift misssion and Vikings were gunships.)