A presentation ceremony at US 3rd Air Division headquarters in Guam, United States. 3rd Air Division commanders stand in a formation. The Prime Minister of the Republic of Vietnam, Nguyen Cao Ky ; Commander 3rd Air Division, Major General William Joseph Crumm and the Chief of State of the Republic of Vietnam, Nguyen Van Thieu stand and salute. The flags of the United States and 3rd Air Division in the background. The Chief of State Thieu pins a medal on the uniform of General Crumm. Men take pictures. Spectators standing in a garden watch the presentation ceremony. Thieu shakes hand with General Crumm. Medals are presented to US Air Force officers and enlisted men.
US Marines write personal messages on a bomb in Guam, United States. A United States Air Force B-52 Stratofortress parked. Two navy hospital vans approach the bomber plane. US Marines get off the van. An airforce officer gives a chalk to the marines to write their personal messages on a bomb. The bombs are attached to the right wing of the bomber. A US Marine writes 'Happy Birthday Charlie' on the bomb. Another marine writes his message on the bomb. The bomber aircraft taxis and takes off for bombing in South Vietnam. Contrails come out of the aircraft. The B-52 in flight. Marines and officers stand in a group and look at the bomber plane in flight.
Aircraft B-52 taxiing. Two B-52s high over clouds. Vapor trails coming off the wings. Crew members seen inside the aircraft at their respective crew positions. Bombs falling in great numbers from B-52s and exploding in jungles below. Air Force tower operator looks through binoculars as B-52s return to land at their home airfield, in the United States. B-52s landing after mission.
Aircraft B-52 lands on airfield, using drag chute to help decelerate. B-52 releases parachute on runway during landing roll. Ground crews quickly retrieve the chute and clear runway. Inside hangar, they repack the drag chute for reuse. Plane taxies on airfield. Ground crewman hooks up hose to underground fuel supply for refueling the B-52 airplane.
Trailer trucks loaded with bombs enters the munitions loading docks at a Strategic Air Command Base in the United States. Armorers assemble tail fins and insert fuzes in AN-M113A1 thousand pound bombs. Caps being removed and fuzes being scewed into bomb noses. Arming wires fastened to the fuzes. 750 pound bombs being unloaded from racks and mounted under wings of B-52. Loaded B-52s taking off from airfield in darkness and climbing to high cruise altitudes from where the setting sun is still visible, as they fly West.
US President Lyndon Johnson arrives in Guam for two-day top level strategy conferences. Dignitaries greet him at the airport. He arrives for the conferences with South Vietnam leaders. Crowd gathers at the airport to greet the President. Various South Vietnamese dignitaries welcome the President including Prime Minister of South Vietnam Nguyen Cao Ky.