Rare Color Footage: Richard M. Nixon Visits U.S. Forces at Da Nang – September 1965

Newly digitized, full-color U.S. Department of Defense footage – Index No. 3680 – filmed 24 September 1965 at Da Nang Air Base, Republic of Vietnam. Former Vice President Richard M. Nixon, touring Southeast Asia as a private citizen, makes a morale-boosting stop at the rapidly expanding U.S. military hub in I Corps. Arrives by U.S. Air Force T-39A Sabreliner Greeted by Major General Lewis W. Walt (III MAF) and Major General John P. McCutcheon (1st MAW) Presented with a mounted Vietnamese rifle and leather case by Vietnamese General Nguyễn Chánh Thi Briefs with Marine, Army, and Air Force officers Departs by Marine UH-1E helicopter Restored with authentic 1965 Armed Forces Radio-style narration and period-correct military band music – exactly as it would have appeared in official Marine Corps newsreels of the era. 100% public-domain U.S. government footage from the National Archives Catalog record: https://catalog.archives.gov/id/54232983 No re-use restrictions – feel free to share, study, or remix. If you enjoy rare, unfiltered Vietnam War history in living color, hit SUBSCRIBE and turn on notifications – more declassified reels uploaded regularly. #VietnamWar #RichardNixon #DaNang1965 #USMC #Declassified #MilitaryHistory #VietnamWarFootage #1960s #ColdWar