A Vietnamese woman rides aboard a river sampan near a local village, captured on color slide film in 1965 by an American airman of the 3rd Tactical Fighter Wing, then flying combat missions from Bien Hoa Air Base. The image's faded magenta tones are characteristic of period Kodachrome film. Such personal photographs document the everyday encounters between US servicemen and Vietnamese civilians during the early, rapidly escalating years of American involvement in Vietnam. Project: 218282