keever - 1965

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• American soldiers in the field
  Original caption: "September 1965 - Military Operations." Two soldiers talk with tank gunner in the background.
• American tanks
  Original caption: "September 1965 - Military Operations." An American soldier in tank porthole.
• American tanks
  Original caption: "September 1965 - Military Operations." A soldier looks back at the camera from the porthole of a tank. Two other tanks in the background.
• American tanks
  Original caption: "September 1965 - Military Operations." An American soldier in tank porthole, speaking into headset.
• American and Vietnamese soldiers talking
  Original caption: "Sep.ember 1965 - Military Operations." Six American and Vietnamese soldiers stand in a horseshoe, discussing some papers. Two other soldiers in background.
• Iht in a village
  Original caption: "Sep.ember 1965 - Military Operations." Iht stands outside a building attached to a bridge. Marshy land leads to water in the background. (Warped.)
• American tanks
  Original caption: "Sep.ember 1965 - Military Operations." Tank with seven soldiers on top approach photographer.
• Iht with Vietnamese children and soldiers
  Original caption: "Sep.ember 1965 - Military Operations." Iht (in civilivan clothes) points at another Vietnamese soldier outside a thatched-roof village. A crowd of children and a third soldier among them, stand around a 1960 Buick.
• American tank gunners
  Original caption: "Sep.ember 1965 - Military Operations." The gunner of Tank B41 taking aim. A second soldier sits beside and watches.
• Article about radio transmissions broadcast in the Russian language
  Keever's title: "U.S. Pilots Say They Hear Russian-Language Radio Transmissions", article about radio transmissions broadcast in the Russian language
• Cong Clings to Saigon Area
  Article published in the New York Herald Tribune about the Việt Cộng offensives around Saigon, page unknown
• Article about unidentififed clandestine aircraft flying into South Vietnam from the Cambodia borders
  Original title: "intercept", Keever's title: "U.S. Pilot Report Mysterious Planes from Cambodia and Electornic Jamming of Airwaves", article about unidentififed clandestine aircraft flying into South Vietnam from the Cambodian borders
• Article about American generals, governors, senators and mayors visiting Vietnam
  Article about American generals, governors, senators and mayors visiting Vietnam
• Commander Harry B. Southworth receives the Silver Star from Rear Admiral James R. Reedy
  Original caption: "Commander Harry B. Southworth of Mexico, New York receives the Silver Star for the first successful destruction of a surface-to-air missile site in North Vietnam. (right) Rear Admiral al James R. Reedy, Commander Attack Carrier Striking Force, Seventh Fleet made the presentation." To American soldiers shaking hands, with a row of soldiers looking on in the background.
• Viet Bombers Sow Bitter Seeds
  Article published in the New York Herald Tribune about the political ramifications of increasing air strikes, page 2
• Marine Aircraft Group fire fighters
  Original caption: "Baked Alaska - That's how a Marine Aircraft Group fire fighter described this amphibious tractor which hit a Viet Cong mine and burned five miles south of the Marble Mountain Air Facility, near Da Nang. Rounds of mortar shells and grenades inside did not explode due to the crash crew's fast response." Three American marines spray a military vehicle with fire extinguisher fluid.
• Cong Demands Close a French Viet Plantation
  Article published in the New York Herald Tribune about the Việt Cộng forcing a French rubber plantation owned by Michelin in South Vietnam to close, page 4
• F4B Phantom jet releasing bombs
  Original caption: "Navy Strikes - in F4B Phantom jet of fighter squadron Twenty-One launched from the Seventh Fleet carrier release bombs on a Viet Cong concentration in South Vietnam. The mach II jet is piloted by LTJG Michael D. Hanley of Rancho Bernardo, California and flight officer is LTJG James B. Mills of Bakersfield, California." US Navy plane in flight dropping five bombs in a rural area.
• Article about Madame Nguyễn Thị Định, the deputy commander of the Việt Cộng armed forces
  Original title: "VIET CONG WOMEN", Keever's title: "Women Hold Key Jobs in Viet Cong Policymaking and Army", article about Madame Nguyễn Thị Định, the deputy commander of the Việt Cộng armed forces, 1st of 5-part series
• Article about Vietnam's political situation - above and below the surface
  Original title: "politics", Keever's title: "Vietnam Has No Time for Any More Mistakes", Article about Vietnam's political situation - above and below the surface
• Vice President Hubert H. Humphrey with the Voluntary Relief Agencies Team
  Original caption: "Washington - Vice President Hubert H. Humphrey greets members of the Voluntary Relief Agencies Team, requested by President Lyndon B. Johnson to examine the refugee situation in Vietnam, Coordinator for the team is George Goss, of the U.S. Agency for International Development, shown shaking hands with the Vice President. The team arrived in Saigon on Monday. Shown above, left to right are: Dr. Willard Krabil, Mennonite Relief; Ugo Carus Member, Advisory Commission on voluntary Foreign Aid; Judge R. Hansen, Vice President CARE; Hugh Farley, Church World Service; John McCarthy, Catholic Relief Service; Bernard Confer, Executive Secretary, Lutheran War Relief; john Whitehead, Treasurer, International Rescue Committee." A group of white men in suits stand together in an office facing the camera. One man is wearing the collar of a pastor. Two men at the center are shaking hands.
• Aerial Photo
  Original caption: "Plei Me - Bak To Oct 65" Aerial photo of smoke and some buildings/structures to the left.
• American helicopters
  Original caption: "Plei Me - Bak To Oct 65" A line of landed helicopters lay sit in a field.
• Aerial Photo
  Original caption: "Plei Me - Bak To Oct 65" Aerial shot of smoke rises from some trees.
• Aerial Photo
  Original caption: "Plei Me - Bak To Oct 65" Aerial shot of smoke rises from some trees.