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Beverly Keever sitting on the floor with three South Vietnamese soldiers, likely interviewing them for an article. Behind her sits an American soldier, and at the edge of the frame there is another figure, perhaps a translator or another Western reporter. Keever sits cross legged in a jumpsuit, holding a pad of paper in her hands. A rifle leans against the wall in the background.

Beverly Keever sitting with South Vietnamese soldiers

"Saigon - Bonds of Friendship - Air Force Lieutenant Everett S. Martin Jr., 25, (left) holds the Sea Swallow battle standard of Binh Hung which was presented to him when he became the first person from Newburyport, Mass., to visit the hamlet, the sister-city of the New England town. Martin presented Newburyport's Homecoming Flag to Father Nguyen Quang Huan, religious leader of the hamlet, and Vietnamese Army Major Nong Viet Ngoc, battalion commander of the Vietnamese regional forces. The two flags are flown over the hamlet." An American soldier and a Vietnamese soldier stand together holding up flags. They are standing in a village with villagers, children, nuns, and a catholic priest standing behind them.

Flag exchange

Trip with Nguyễn Cao Kỳ to Montagnard Ceremony, Pleiku. A water buffalo is tied to a pole. A bunch of soldiers are gathered in the background watching it.

Water buffalo

Trip with Nguyễn Cao Kỳ to Montagnard Ceremony, Pleiku. Vietnamese military officers sit on a stage and there is a large crowd of soldiers behind them.

Vietnamese officers on a stage

Trip with Nguyễn Cao Kỳ to Montagnard Ceremony, Pleiku. A group of villagers dressed in their traditional clothing prepare for some type of ceremony. They hold musical instruments and spears.

Ceremony with villagers

Trip with Nguyễn Cao Kỳ to Montagnard Ceremony, Pleiku. A group of villagers dressed in their traditional clothing prepare for some type of ceremony. They hold musical instruments and spears.

Ceremony with villagers

Trip with Nguyễn Cao Kỳ to Montagnard Ceremony, Pleiku. Vietnamese military officers sit on a stage and there is a large crowd of soldiers behind them.

Vietnamese officers on a stage

Trip with Nguyễn Cao Kỳ to Montagnard Ceremony, Pleiku. A water buffalo is tied to a pole. There is a group of people in ceremonial clothing with spears in the background and a large crowd of people.

Water buffalo

Trip with Nguyễn Cao Kỳ to Montagnard Ceremony, Pleiku. A group of villagers dressed in their traditional clothing prepare for some type of ceremony. They hold musical instruments and spears.

Ceremony with villagers

Trip with Nguyễn Cao Kỳ to Montagnard Ceremony, Pleiku. Vietnamese military officers sit on a stage and there is a large crowd of soldiers behind them.

Vietnamese officers on a stage

"Picture of Communist guerrilla weapons captured at a battle on Oct. 16, 1964 Cam-Lo, Quang Tri province." A group of Vietnamese soldiers stand around a table of weapons and artillery.

Captured Viet Cong weapons

"Lt. Col. Do Van Dien Commander PBT Sector." A Vietnamese soldier appears to be teaching a class or briefing other soldiers.

Do Van Dien portrait

"Lt. Col. Do Van Dien Commander PBT Sector." A Vietnamese soldier appears to be teaching a class or briefing other soldiers.

Do Van Dien portrait

"A group of demonstrators were gathering at the front gate of the V.H.D. to take to the streets." A crowd of Vietnamese protestors stand at the gate of the Vien Hoa Dao compound. A group of soldiers in gas masks approaches them. Pillars rise above the crowd with loudspeakers and South Vietnamese flags on them.

Soldiers confronting protestors

"An army man is injured by rioters." A Vietnamese soldier is carried by a group of other soldiers toward the camera.

Injured Vietnamese soldiers

"The rioters were attacking a policeman on duty." Three protestors run toward a policeman. There are many protestors in the background.

Protestors attacking policeman

Dead Vietnamese man

Dead Vietnamese man

"A special police man injured by rioters." A Vietnamese soldier is carried away by two other soldiers on the street.

Special policeman injured by protestors

"The commander of the security forces and the venerable Thich Tam Giac were talking with newsmen during the demonstration." A group of reporters crowd around Thích Tâm Giác.

Reporters crowd around Thích Tâm Giác

"Maj. Carl G. Schneider (left), USAF chief of the Air Liaison/Forward Air Control Division, Joint Operation Center, Ten Son Nhut Air Base, and Lt. Col. Carl H. Lee (center), director Air Support Operations Center, III Corps Area, coordinate activities with Maj. Bill Burgin, air liaison advisor to the Republic of Viet Nam's 21st Army Division." Three US airmen discuss a document that they have laid out on the hood of a jeep.

Maj. Carl G. Schneider and Lt. Col. Carl H. Lee coordinating activities with Maj. Bill Burgin

Several Vietnamese soldiers sit together and eat rice.

Vietnamese soldier eating

An injured Vietnamese soldier is strapped onto a stretcher by other soldiers. There is a US Army helicopter in the background.

Injured Vietnamese soldier on stretcher

Several Vietnamese soldiers sitting together and drinking from their canteens. One looks at the camera.

Vietnamese soldiers drinking from canteen

An injured Vietnamese soldier is being loaded into a helicopter on a stretcher by some fellow soldiers.

Air lift for Vietnamese soldier

"Headquarters, 1st Brigade, 101st Airborne Division, South Vietnam - Colonel James S. Timothy (left) of New Orleans, Louisiana, Commander, 1st Brigade, 101st Airborne Division, and his Sergeant Major, Trinidad Prieto (right) of Anderson, North Carolina, admire a plaque presented to the Colonel by Lieutenant General Coa-Van-Vien, Chief, Joint General Staff, Republic of Vietnam Air Force recently. The plaque tells of the Vietnamese peoples' appreciations of the 101st's 'Heroic and unselfish action in joining the free Vietnamese in resisting aggression by a common enemy.'" Two American soldiers hold up a crest and look at each other.

Colonel James S. Timothy and Sergeant Major Trinidad Prieto with a plaque

A Vietnamese soldier appears to be receiving a medal from American soldiers. One soldier is putting something around the Vietnamese soldier's neck as another soldier in the back assists. A fourth soldier is seen in the background.

Vietnamese soldier receiving a medal from American soldiers

A Vietnamese man uses a paddle to scoop rice for a Vietnamese villager in a rice hat. They appear to be in a Vietnamese Army camp, surrounded by soldiers and sandbags.

Getting rice in Vietnamese Army camp

A Vietnamese girl holding a stick and a rice hat full of supplies walks along a path as a Vietnamese soldier looks on. The path is lined with barbed wire.

Vietnamese girl transports supplies

Some Vietnamese villagers on a path are carrying supplies with baskets on yokes. A Vietnamese soldier looks on from the side. The path is lined with barbed wire.

Vietnamese transporting supplies on guarded path

A Vietnamese man uses a paddle to scoop rice for a Vietnamese villager in a rice hat. They appear to be in a Vietnamese Army camp, surrounded by soldiers.

Getting rice in Vietnamese Army camp

Two Vietnamese people reach into a metal bin. The woman holds out a sack to hold supplies. They appear to be in a Vietnamese Army camp, surrounded by soldiers, barbed wire, and sandbags.

Getting food in Vietnamese Army camp

Three Vietnamese people reach into a metal bin. Two women holds out her rice hat like a bowl, probably to hold supplies. They appear to be in a Vietnamese Army camp, surrounded by soldiers, barbed wire, and sandbags.

Getting food in Vietnamese Army camp

Two Vietnamese people reach into a metal bin. A woman holds out her rice hat like a bowl, probably to hold supplies. They appear to be in a Vietnamese Army camp, surrounded by soldiers, barbed wire, and sandbags.

Getting food in Vietnamese Army camp

Two Vietnamese people reach into a metal bin. A woman holds out her rice hat like a bowl, probably to hold supplies. They appear to be in a Vietnamese Army camp, surrounded by soldiers, barbed wire, and sandbags.

Getting food in Vietnamese Army camp

Several American and Vietnamese soldiers standing in a field; one on the far left is holding a video camera.

American and Vietnamese soldiers in a field