United States Marines with bullet proof vests and helmets adjust range on 105 mm Howitzer at Khe Sanh, Vietnam. Platoon leader 1st Lieutenant David Pearce of Rochester, stands atop ammunition crates aiming circle to lay C battery. United States soldiers lift sandbags. Number of parachutes descends.
United States Marines set up 81 mm Mortar near sandbags at Khe Sanh, Vietnam. Mars soldier seated atop a wall of sandbags writes on a piece of paper. Group of Marines dig with spade and fill sandbags in a dirt area.
United States Marines with bullet proof vests stand near and atop CH 46A Sea Knight helicopter at Khe Sanh, Vietnam. MARS soldiers disassemble and salvage pieces atop CH 46A Sea Knight helicopter. They use wrench to work on rotor blade of CH 46A Sea Knight helicopter.
United States Marines stand in reinforced trench line; fire .38 caliber pistol and M-16 rifle at Khe Sanh, Vietnam. Two Marines soldiers converse with each other. KC-130F aircraft in flight. The aircraft drops supplies with the help of parachutes. CH46A Sea Knight helicopter flies overhead. Supplies being drooped by parachutes from a KC-130F aircraft. Marine soldiers in RFK-60 forklifts gather parachutes and supplies. Vehicles load supplies on to parked 6x6 trucks.
Fire and black smoke rises from gas drums burning on far side of airstrip at Khe Sanh, Vietnam. View of damaged 6x6 truck and framework of jeep. RFK-60 Forklifts parked in dirt area. Two United States Marines soldiers dig trench line using pick and shovel. The other two soldiers watch. Wall of sandbags with flags fluttering on them. Marine soldier with the help of spade fill mud into sandbag.
United States Marines remove 60mm mortar rounds from ammunition crates then removes cardboard rounds from canister at Khe Sanh, Vietnam. Group of Marine soldiers load and stack sandbags onto rear of a trailer. The trailer loaded with sandbags drives off on dirt road.