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The battle of Khe Sanh in the Vietnam War.
Film begins showing two U.S. Air Force McDonald Douglas F4 Phantom jet fighters in flight. Narrator says American intelligence reports on January 29, 1968, of a 4th North Vietnamese Regular Army Division in the Khe Sanh area, bringing total enemy strength to about 40 thousand regular troops. View of photo interpreter rolling large wet film taken by Air Force surveillance aircraft. Map of Hue, area of South Vietnam, showing disposition of American forces in the region. American Marine Colonel David E Lownds, Commander of Khe Sanh garrison, describes North Vietnamese offensives against some American held positions. Views of those attacks being repelled by artillery and air strikes as well as organic infantry weapons like the A1 millimeter mortars, 3.5 rockets, and M79 machine guns. U.S. aircraft drop munitions on enemy positions. Infantry firing guns mounted on vehicles. An F4 Phantom drops napalm that creates a swath of fire. Closeup of North Vietnamese newspaper warns that the Americans face a defeat comparable to that of the French at Dienbienphu. American newspapers express concerns about the fate of the Marine Garrison at Khe Sanh. U.S. Army General William Westmoreland, Commander of U.S. troops in Vietnam, is seen and heard expressing confidence that American forces would win the battle of Khe Sanh. American troops listen as he speaks. American artillerymen load and fire a 175 mm field gun at Camp Carrol, and a location called the Rock pile. Inside that base, are seen Ontos M50A1 multi barrel anti-tank tracked vehicles armed with 105 mm recoiless rifles. A marine fires a 4.2 inch mortar, and another fires a recoiless rifle. Marines firing a 155mm howitzer. Scene shifts to deck of an aircraft carrier. View of Navy F4J phantom fighter being launched from the USS Ticonderoga (CVA 14) (Note: this may be an anachronism. Reportedly, the F4J was not operating from aircraft carriers in the Vietnam until after1968). F-4 Phantom fighters taking off from an Air Force base. Aerial view of a U.S. Air Force B-52 bomber dropping conventional bombs on North Vietnamese targets. View from the air of bombs exploding on the ground. A C-130 transport plane dropping supplies to U.S. marines on the ground. View from below of the parachutes descending with supplies. Closeup of C-130 dropping mail from above. More views of parachute drops from C-130 aircraft to Khe Sanh. C-123 transport landing at a Marine base and a C-130 taking off. Another C-123 landing. Another having load delivered by low level extraction. Marines on the ground at Khe sanh opening packages of supplies and using a tractor to transport large boxes. On February 13, Marines suffered casualties when a platoon was ambushed just outside the base perimeter. View of Marine on a litter. Heavy black smoke rises at the base from shelling by North Vietnamese artillery. A C-123 aircraft takes off with dense black smoke in the background. Another napalm attack by a U.S plane creates a large conflagration. View from above of a B-52 dropping bombs only yards outside the Khe Sanh perimeter. Marines patrolling close in the base. More views of B-52s bombing North Vietnamese targets. View of nighttime bombing operations. A Marine plotting enemy movements on a plexiglass chart. Marines manning machine guns as enemy rockets and mortars continue to pound the garrison. Officers are seen in CINCPAC Command center. Continued U.S. bombardment and air strikes appear to prevent massing of enemy forces for an assault. Marines controlling hills in the area. A UH-1 Iroquois (Huey) helicopter flying low over the base. During a lull in battle Marines fill sand bags,maintain their weapons, play cards, and keep occupies as they sit and wait. Some play basketball with an outdoor improvised backboard and net. Some marines select books from a library. A marine plays a guitar as some others listen. Closeups of them. Marines doing their wash and having a meal of C rations. Marines preparing their own combinations of ingredients into meals being cooked over open fires. Views of many marines eating the various concoctions. Marines in trucks pursuing retreating elements of North Vietnamese on Highway 9 that had been opened by Marine engineers. U.S. Army First Air Cavalry reinforcements arrive in operation Pegasus. Marine engineers working to restore bridges and roads needing repairs. Troops detecting and neutralizing mines. Bell UH-1 helicopters ferry troops. Captured enemy arms and ammunition. Surrendered North Vietnamese troops marched under guard.
U.S. Army 1st Infantry Division soldiers work on a 105 mm howitzer during their combat operations in Lai Khe, South Vietnam.
Combat operations of the United States Army 1st Infantry Division soldiers in Lai Khe, South Vietnam during the Vietnam War. A soldier plays guitar in a 105 mm howitzer emplacement. 'Vietnam War' written on the guitar. '1st Infantry Division' patch on the shoulder of the soldier. Soldiers talk amongst themselves. They swab bore of the 105 mm howitzer.
Two soldier wearing red base ball cap, repair engine of a UH-1D helicopter in Lai Khe, South Vietnam.
A soldier repairs helicopter wearing a red base ball cap in Lai Khe, South Vietnam. Other soldiers wear the red cap adopted by the men of the 605th Transportation Company. Two soldiers wearing the red cap work on the engine of a UH-1D helicopter. They fasten bolts and close the engine lid. (Vietnam War period).
Instructors at Combat Indoctrine Course conduct courses for U.S. Army troops in Lai Khe, South Vietnam.
Instructors at the Combat Indoctrine Course of the 3rd Brigade of 1st Infantry division of the U.S. Army in Lai Khe, South Vietnam. Instructors wear a bush hat or a cowboy hat. Soldiers conduct a course on enemy mines and weapons. The instructor demonstrates various wooden weapons and cases. Soldiers talk to them and smile. Sign Combat Indoctrine Course on top of entrance of the base. (Vietnam War period).
Men of 605th Transportation Co and 11th Aviation Bn Pathfinder Det hook up Howitzer to a helicopter, in Lai Khe, South Vietnam.
Men of 605th Transportation Company and 11th Aviation Battalion Pathfinder Det prepare for airlift operation, in Lai Khe, South Vietnam. Soldiers in black cap signal by raising a purple colored smoke. A CH-47 transportation helicopter arrives. Helicopter lowers itself as soldiers in black caps hook up a 105 mm Howitzer below it. The helicopter flies away. A wireless telephone operator, wearing a black cap talks on telephone. (Vietnam War period).
Soldiers of 1st Infantry Division of U.S. Army in camouflaged tiger suit flop hat, move at jungles in Lai Khe, South Vietnam.
Soldiers of 1st Infantry Division of the U.S. Army wearing a camouflaged tiger suit flop hat, move at jungles in Lai Khe, South Vietnam. The hat adopted by all Special Forces and Long Range Reconnaissance Patrol (LRRP) personnel of the 1st Infantry Division of the U.S. Army. Two soldiers wearing the hats move through bushes. They sit on the ground and check map and compass. Sign of 2nh Battalion, 34th Armor, 3rd Brigade and 1st Infantry division. (Vietnam War period).
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