A C-123 aircraft taxis and takes off from runway at the Ankhe Airfield in South Vietnam. Forklift unloads mail sacks from a C-130 aircraft. American 1st Cavalry Division soldiers board the C-130. (Vietnam War period).
U.S. 1st Air Cavalry Division armed with M-16 rifles advance in a grassy area of Ankhe, South Vietnam, during a training mission. Soldiers aim with their rifles and advance. Soldiers descend from a hovering CH-47 helicopter using a rope ladder. (Vietnam War period).
U.S. 1st Air Cavalry Division troops at a sandbagged emplacement in Ankhe, Vietnam. Gun crewman holds a 106mm shell, as a Sergeant uses wrench to adjust fuze on its nose. Soldier then loads it into M-40 Recoilless Rifle. Another soldier looks through a scope mounted on side of the weapon. View of the 106mm shell. (Vietnam War period).
U.S. 1st Air Cavalry Division troops rappel from hovering army helicopters in Ankhe, South Vietnam. Troops climb a rope ladder hanging from a helicopter. Troops board the helicopter. Troops descend from the helicopter by the rope ladder. (Vietnam War period).
View of three different types of recoilless rifle shells at a sandbagged emplacement in Ankhe South Vietnam. One of the shells reads '90M COMP B CART ME XM591'. U.S. Army 1st Air Cavalry Division soldier loads a shell into a recoilless weapon mounted on the shoulders of another soldier. The armed soldier looks through the scope of the launcher. (Vietnam War period).
A U.S. 1st Air Cavalry Division soldier equipped with an E63 (XM-2) personnel detector manpack. The E63 intake tube is mounted to the barrel of his M-16 rifle and a signal cord runs from the backpack to a speaker under his helmet. The soldier advances slowly through an area of heavy brush, during training in Ankhe, South Vietnam. Another soldier moves in the background. (Vietnam War period).