Original caption: "Advanced Article - Special Forces." An American soldier watches a woman with a baby strapped to her back pump water. A second man watches from a distance. Behind are several thatched-roof huts.

Young Vietnamese boys. Two wear ballcaps.

Original caption: "Advanced Article - Special Forces." A soldier named Bennett crouches in a crowd, holding a little girl on his lap.

Original caption: "Advanced Article - Special Forces." A soldier named Bennett crouches in a crowd, holding a little girl on his lap. The girl is holding his hand.

Original caption: "Advanced Article - Special Forces." A young boy shows a soldier the rabbit pen outside a thatched-roof hut.

A man in a Santa Claus outfit poses for a photo with a young Vietnamese boy outside a helicopter.

A row of young Vietnamese boys smiling and laughing. A U.S. Army soldier crouches among them.

A row of young Vietnamese children with a U.S. Army soldier. Behind, two other soldiers can be seen.

Original caption: "Advanced Article - Special Forces." Bennett inspects the palm of a Vietnamese man, who is focused on the camera. Two other men stand behind. In the background are thatch-roofed huts.

A man in a Santa Claus outfit stands with a young Vietnamese girl on his hip. Beside them stands another woman.

Original caption: "Advanced Article - Special Forces." Bennett inspects the palm of a Vietnamese man, who is focused on the camera. Two other men stand behind. In the background are thatch-roofed huts.

Original caption: "Advanced Article - Special Forces." Bennett inspects the palm of a Vietnamese man. In the background are thatch-roofed huts.

Original caption: "Advanced Article - Special Forces." Bennett inspects the palm of a Vietnamese man. Beside them, a man smokes a pipe and urinates. In the background are thatch-roofed huts.

A large group of children in a room with a decorated Christmas tree in one corner. Beside it, a man in a Santa Claus outfit has just given a young Vietnamese boy a toy airplane.

A man in a Santa Claus suit posing with a Vietnamese boy and a Vietnamese girl on his lap.

Original caption: "Lieutenant Colonel Ma Son Nhon." Iht and several other soldiers talk with a group of older Vietnamese men in traditional garb.

Original caption: "Lieutenant Colonel Ma Son Nhon." Two young girls carrying pigs.

Original caption: "Lieutenant Colonel Ma Son Nhon." Profile of an Army Ranger. A crowd of Vietnamese children stand in the background.

A man in a Santa Claus outfit visits a group of children. A row of U.S. Army soldiers stand among them.

Original caption: "Lieutenant Colonel Ma Son Nhon." Profile of an Army Ranger. A crowd of Vietnamese children stand in the background.

A young Vietnamese boy with a box in his shorts pocket sits on the shoulders of a U.S. soldier. He holds a dinner plate in one hand.

Original caption: "Lieutenant Colonel Ma Son Nhon." Two men with checkered scarves stand in front of banner.

A man in a Santa Claus outfit poses for a photo with two young Vietnamese children outside a helicopter.

Original caption: "Lieutenant Colonel Ma Son Nhon." A crowd of people, mostly children, line the road. In front of them is a decorated table. A banner stretches above them.

Original caption: "Lieutenant Colonel Ma Son Nhon." An Army soldier recieves a pig from a Vietnamese man. Beside him, an Army Ranger smiles.