General William C Westmoreland, the Commander of U.S. Forces in Vietnam, talks with men of the 1st Battalion, 327th Infantry at the U.S. Airborne Brigade base camp in Phanrang, South Vietnam. General Westmoreland talks with reporters. They pose for camera. General and others leave area in jeep.
UH-1D helicopters land on a field in Ankhe, South Vietnam. American 173D Airborne Brigade troops rush off. Platoon leader checks map. Crew sets up 81mm mortar. Red smoke flare burns amidst bushes. Soldiers move through wooded area. (Vietnam War period).
View of signal site attacked by a Vietcong element atop the mountain in Ankhe, South Vietnam. Troops of U.S. 13th Signal Battalion (1st Cavalry Division), 41st Signal Battalion and 54th Signal Battalion. Soldiers unload cases of ammunition from UH-1D atop the mountain. UH-1D takes off. Damaged generators and rubble. OH-47 helicopter lands. (Vietnam War period).
A UH-1D helicopter takes off from a signal site of the American Signal Battalion in Ankhe, South Vietnam. Troop tents in the foreground. View of damage done to the site. Soldier examines a fire-damaged 35mm still camera and shows it to other soldier. Partly destroyed tent. Soldiers search through rubble. UH-1D helicopter lands. (Vietnam War period).
View of a sandbagged bunker at a signal site of the American Signal Battalion in Ankhe, South Vietnam. Vietcong flag flutters. OH-13 helicopter flies past the area. CH-47 in flight. OH-13 lands atop mountain. Soldiers stand near log fence. View of antennas of the signal station. Soldier carries reel of wire in the foreground. (Vietnam War period).
Tents of the American 1st Cavalry Division (Airmobile) in Ankhe, South Vietnam. Captured Vietcong weapons set up for display in the division area. View of the Division Tactical Operations Center (DTOC) area. Barbed wire in the foreground. A watch tower at the DTOC. American Military Police (MP) on guard at gate of DTOC area. (Vietnam War period).