A U.S. Army 1st Air Cavalry Division soldier equipped with an E63 personnel detector manpack, advances through a jungle area during training in Ankhe, South Vietnam. He signals to his buddy, that his E63 is malfunctioning. He assumes an alert defensive posture, as his buddy opens the manpack and checks its internal components. Interior view of the E63 shows air transport fan and chemicals. (Vietnam War period).
Operation Piranha in Cap Batangan, Vietnam. A U.S. Marine Corps UH-1E helicopter flies low over a beach area. An LVTP-5 moves towards the beach. Photographers in the foreground shoot movies. A marine on the top of an LVTP-5 with an M-14 rifle. LVTP-5s on the beach. LCU-1477 (Landing Craft Utility) heads onto the beach. Marines in surf head towards the beach area from the LCU-1477. A group of marines disembark on the double from an LVTP-5. The marines advance inland on the double over the beach area. LVTP-5s move through surf towards the beach. The marines up on a hill facing a wooded area. Some of the marines advance inland. An LVTP-5 with a grader on its front moves along a pathway. The marines come up in the background. The LVTP-5 on the hill side moves inland towards the trees. (Vietnam War period).
U.S. Marines on the White Beach in Cap Batangan, Vietnam. The marines walk on the beach and toss their life jackets in a pile after off-loading from Landing Craft Utility LCU-1477. The marines move through the surf from a landing craft. Groups of Vietnamese civilians huddled on the beach under guard. The marines move inland towards a wooded area. LCU-1477 and LCU-1484 in the surf. A heavy tank leaves the LCU 1484 and moves through the surf towards the beach. (Vietnam War period).
The Battle of Khe Sanh in Khe Sanh, South Vietnam during the Vietnam War. Khe Sanh Combat Base and airstrip. Container Delivery System bundles are dropped from United States Marine Corps Lockheed C-130 Hercules aircraft. An aircraft makes a rocket fire pass. Marines dig a trench. United States Marine Corps McDonnell Douglas F-4 Phantom II aircraft and Douglas A-1 Skyraider aircraft drop napalm bombs.
U.S. Mobile Riverine Force comprising of Navy Squadrons and 9th Infantry Division carry out Operation Truong Cong Dinh in Dong Tam, Vietnam. Soldiers disembark from an ATC (Armored Troop Carrier) and go ashore into deep mud and jungle. The soldiers walk on a jungle path and enter a village. The soldiers walk along a canal to the village. They cross a single-log bridge over the canal and cross a footbridge over a stream. They walk past houses along the canal. The soldiers jump over the canal in the jungle. (Vietnam War period).
U.S. Mobile Riverine Force comprising of Navy Squadrons and 9th Infantry Division carry out Operation Truong Cong Dinh in Dong Tam, Vietnam. A soldier speaks over a radio. A group of soldiers advances through a jungle. A soldier looks at an A112-3 Riverine Craft moving ahead in a river. (Vietnam War period).