A portrait of a smiling United States Marine Corps (USMC) Marine bathing a Vietnamese child in a metal basin. Crates labeled “CARE USA”. Marines distribute relief goods to a crowd of Vietnamese civilians during the Vietnam War. A Vietnamese man receives rice from the Care Organization of the United States Marines. A man scoops out rice from a sack labeled “CARE USA”. The man distributes rice to more civilians. A Vietnamese man and U.S. Marine nailing floor boards down.
United States Marine Corps (USMC) fighter jet drops an incendiary bomb over the Vietnamese Demilitarized Zone (DMZ) during the time Operation Hastings and Operation Prairie were in progress during the Vietnam War. A fiery explosion erupts from bomb hitting the ground. A Marine firing a machine gun at enemy positions while in flight. Lima Company, 3rd Marines, rescuing India Company Marines, carrying injured to a Sikorsky H-34 helicopter. Two Marines carrying an injured Marine stumble to the ground as gunshots are fired. They make it to the helicopter. Marines firing with a M2 Browning machine gun, rifle, and throwing a grenade. Another Marine holds the ammunition belt. A Marine digs under a tree stump and buries plastic explosives. The Marine ignites the explosives and moves away from the tree stump before it explodes. Helicopter picking up casualties in the combat zone. The Marines chopping wood and trees. A Marine holds on to a rope as the helicopter evacuates him. Marine setting up an explosive charge on tree stump. He inserts det cord and actuates it. Explosion from an explosive charge in the jungle. Trees fall to the ground while Marines clear the jungle for helicopters. A Marine using hand signals to guide a helicopter landing. More casualties are evacuated from the combat zone. Marines cover their ears as they fire a mortar. On 3 August, fighter drops a bomb during Operation Prairie. An artillery crew with the 4th Marines fires a howitzer on 13 August. Smoke rises from North Vietnamese position on the right side of a mountain. A battalion of Marines fighting in combat A Marine wraps wounded head with gauze. An officer gives command over field telephone. Aircraft dropping bombs and Marines firing at North Vietnamese forces on a hill using M40 recoilless rifles mounted on M274 Mechanical Mules.
United States Marine Corps (USMC) Marines disembark from the back of helicopter beside a river. The Marines move into a jungle. Marines walk over rocks to cross a stream. Sergeant Jimmy Little narrates Marines’ patrol mission in Vietnam, a mission near route 9 and then back to base camp. Marines wearing foliage on their helmets carefully move on jungle trail. Marines wading in knee-deep river. Some Marines are seen smoking or carrying M40 recoilless rifles as they search the river for bodies and weapons. Marines hiding behind grass and trees and a small cliff. A soldier points and shouts orders while wading in river. A pair of Marines pull a gravely wounded comrade from the top of a cliff. A Marine loads an M79 grenade launcher and shoots at Vietcong forces. A rifle is fired. ‘Combat Art’ depicting a Marine looking at dead bodies. United States Marine Corps officers inspect captured weapons from Vietcong forces. A hand holds a hand drawn map. Debris and abandoned weapons and dead bodies are seen in the field. USMC Major General Wood B. Kyle summarizes the Marines’ experience in Operation Hastings and Operation Prairie, saying that the battles "stand as notable achievements in our battle against communist aggression...."
South Vietnamese soldiers board an armored rail car in a train in 1960 before the Vietnam War. Close view of steam locomotive wheels and piston as it starts up. A silhouette of a soldier with gun on board a train with tracks in the foreground. An explosion on train tracks ahead. A gun firing from a gun turret. A machine gun firing from a slit. Soldiers running up a hill and field. They shoot with guns in the smoke-covered battlefield. Explosion in the field. South Vietnamese soldiers evacuate wounded and carry equipment out of battle. United States officials disembark from United States aircraft. A United States official, possibly retired General Maxwell Taylor, is interviewed by the media. United States and South Vietnamese soldiers inspect a cutaway of an airplane engine and propeller during training. A United States Air Force instructor shows an aircraft model to South Vietnamese pilots. United States and South Vietnamese pilots shake hands. South Vietnamese pilot sits in fighter plane cockpit. The cockpit canopy closes. A United States Army specialist speaks to South Vietnamese soldiers in Vietnamese during weapons training. United States military adviser talks to some soldiers, pointing to a map. Soldiers carrying ammo boxes and weapons, and wearing foliage for camouflage. An African American soldier holding a 60mm M2 mortar. Soldiers shoot guns, including M1919 Browning machine gun, as Vietcong soldiers run away. Camouflaged U.S. and South Vietnamese soldiers running towards jungle. A U.S. soldier points as a young Vietcong soldier emerges from brush. Captured Vietcong prisoners sit on the ground and are led away. United States medical specialists treat Vietnamese civilians in village. An army doctor uses a stethoscope on a woman’s chest.
United States helicopters on airfield during the Vietnam War. United States Army advisors talk to one another. They share maps, papers and discuss plans. U.S. and South Vietnamese soldiers board United States helicopters...including a CH-21C Shawnee. A Sikorsky UH-34D Seahorse takes off from airfield. South Vietnamese soldiers onboard helicopter holding rifle and machine gun. A group of helicopters in flight. Point of view from helicopter as it flies down a river. Piasecki H-21 helicopter in flight. A South Vietnamese soldier looks out of window. South Vietnamese soldiers jump out of helicopters and cross rice field after landing. Aerial view showing some soldiers using a field telephone in the middle of a dense jungle. Two United States soldiers shout at each other. An injured U.S. soldier lies on a stretcher and loaded on helicopter. A South Vietnamese soldier in helicopter. The helicopter flies away. A South Vietnamese Navy captain shows his United States counterpart enemy positions after looking through binoculars. Swift boats shooting at Vietcong forces. South Vietnamese soldiers carrying weapons and landing on beachhead. A South Vietnamese soldier gives signal to fire. An explosion on beachhead. South Vietnamese soldiers load shells into mortar and fires them. An injured South Vietnamese soldier with saline tube attached to him lying on a stretcher. The injured soldier cries in pain. Vietnamese women watch medics clean another soldier. A Vietnamese soldier prays for the dead, incense burns in front of him.
Helicopters on an airfield during the Vietnam War. Wreckage of a destroyed plane with debris. A nose art of a destroyed plane. Bombed soldiers’ barracks at a United States airbase in South Vietnam. Photographs of soldiers’ loved ones, including a portrait of a young girl, among debris in bomb site. Vietcong car bombing of the United States Embassy in Saigon, South Vietnam on March 30, 1965. A 1962 Chevrolet C10 Suburban ambulance arrives in the scene. A bloodied embassy worker covers his face. Another embassy worker is taken away. A bleeding victim holds his cigarette as he’s carried on a stretcher. A United States Army Bell UH-1 Iroquois “Huey” helicopter in flight. U.S. Army soldier in helicopter fires machine gun. Soldiers advancing in field and an upturned helicopter is seen in the foreground. Soldiers escape from the upturned helicopter. United States soldiers recuperate in makeshift hospital beds. A soldier with head covered in bandage. A shirtless soldier sleeps with his mouth open. Coffins draped with the United States flag at an airfield in South Vietnam. Soldiers and sailors pay tribute to the fallen soldiers. Soldiers carry the coffin of a fallen colleague to an aircraft. Vietnamese civilians look on. A pair of poor Vietnamese children. Vietnamese men and women praying. Drafted soldiers onboard a ship arrive in Vietnam. They unload supplies, one of them holding a banner. Soldiers holding the United States flag and a banner. Combat units of the United States Marine Corps onboard ship heading to Vietnam. The Marines disembark a landing craft upon landing on beach head in Vietnam. A Lockheed C-130 Hercules taxiing at an airfield in Vietnam. Army combat unit soldiers disembark and unload weapons from the transport plane. Trucks carrying combat soldiers moving.