Opening scene shows wooden buildings at the Reliable Academy in Dong Tam, Vietnam, where the U.S. Ninth Infantry Division has established an NCO training facility.One building is designated "classroom 4" and displays the name of an instructor. Inside, members of the 9th Division Band play musical selections for the occasion. Closeup of the 9th Infantry Division band base drum and drummer, followed by another view of the band members playing. Next, all present rise to hear remarks from Brigadier General Frank Gunn, Deputy Commander of the 9th Infantry Division.
Service clubs at Special Services area of Dong Tam, Vietnam. Board of Special Services. Outer view of EM club, NCO club,craft shop and their sign boards. Chart on the board about the photography class.
Air to air view of UH-1H helicopters in the Mekong Delta of Vietnam. Air to Air view of four UH-1H helicopters in flight. Aerial view of rice paddies. Helicopter in flight. Aerial view of 9th Infantry Dong Tam base camp and revetment. Air to Air view of four UH-1H helicopters in flight. Pilot sits at the controls of helicopter. Control panel of the helicopter. Two helicopters in flight. Soldiers and UH-1H helicopters land in paddy by smoke. UH-1H helicopter lay screen smoke in air. Smoke from signal grenade at land. UH-1H helicopter lays screen smoke in the air. Pilot handles controls of helicopter. Pilot and co-pilot talk. (Vietnam War period).
Soldiers disembark at Dong Tam river raider camp in Vietnam, during the Vietnam War. Profile of a soldier looking on. Two UH-1D helicopters on the ground. Soldiers debark and carry luggage. CV-7 Caribou aircraft lands and soldiers debark with luggage. The ramp is paved with Marsden pierced steel matting. Sign at the camp reading 'Welcome to Dong Tam River Raider Camp.'
Hospital facilities at Camp Dong Tam. Typical outdoor covered walkway of a military hospital is seen at Camp Dong Tam, in Mekong Delta of South Vietnam, during the Vietnam War. Sign above the walkway identifies it as the 3rd Surgical Hospital. Camera pans sandbagged quonset huts housing elements of the hospital. Outdoor cooling unit with pipes running to provide air conditioning to quonset huts. Closeup of areas between sand bagged quonset huts. The feet of a soldier seen as he raises dust while walking across the barren terrain in the area.
U.S. Mobile Riverine Force comprising of Navy Squadrons and 9th Infantry Division carry out Operation Truong Cong Dinh in Dong Tam, Vietnam. Soldiers wade across knee-deep water of a stream and struggle up a muddy bank. The soldiers cross various log footbridges over canals and streams in the jungle. A line of soldiers walk along a canal.