Senator Harry Flood Byrd, Jr. prepares for a helicopter tour of I Corps in Vietnam, alongside General William Westmoreland and Vice President Hubert Humphrey, on March 26, 1967. They were joined by Lieutenant General Lewis W. Walt, the commanding officer. The purpose of this visit and tour was to gain a firsthand understanding of the military activities in the region.

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