Hoa Khanh Childrens Hospital in Da Nang, Vietnam during the Vietnam War. Vietnamese civilians and children seeking medical care wait in Hoa Khanh Childrens Hospital. Women and children are sitting in benches. A woman feeds her child while waiting. A United States Marine Corp (USMC) Marine talks to patients. A female doctor checks the sick child. Lieutenant Commander Dr. John Karnoupakis, director of Hoa Khanh Children’s Hospital, speaks about the origins of the Hoa Khanh Childrens Hospital through the United States Marine Corps (USMC) Marines. United States Marines deliver medical supplies to a village via Jeep. Vietnamese civilians gather to watch the Marines deliver the supplies. Some civilians are seen wearing the nón lá or conical hats. Marines prepare medical supplies inside a clinic. A Marine distributes medicine pills to children. Signage reads “Phòng Phát Thuốc” or “Drug Distribution Department”. A ward at the Hoa Khanh Childrens Hospital. A pair of Marines examine an infant. Another child is handed over to their parent. A recovered child and his mother returns home. A female doctor sees them off. A Marine with a child patient with eyes covered by gauze. ‘Combat Art’ depicts a United States Air Force aircraft in flight.
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...."
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.
A paratrooper of the United States 101st Airborne paratrooper adjusts the propeller engine of a Douglas C-47 Skytrain “Mary Louise” in England during World War II. Nose art is seen on the plane. Paratroopers in camouflage war paint walk across field on way to planes. Some of the paratroopers rest and smoke cigarettes on the field. A group of paratroopers make their way to the plane.
United States 101st Airborne paratroopers board the Douglas C-47 Skytrain 9X (315087) “Lady Lillian” aircraft in England during World War II. Paratroopers adjust their straps and equipment. Nose art of “Lady Lillian” behind two paratroopers. One of the paratroopers grabs his rifle. Another paratrooper helps him adjust his chute.
United States Army paratroopers stand near Douglas C-47 Skytrain transport planes and gliders on an airstrip in England during World War II. Paratroopers help each other board a transport plane. Soldiers turn the propellers of a plane. “ALL HOURS II” beer nose art. Paratroopers adjusting their packs and equipment before boarding.
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