Combat operations of United States Army 1st Infantry Division soldiers in Lai Khe, South Vietnam during the Vietnam War. Trucks loaded with soldiers arrive at an airstrip. Ambulances parked on the airstrip. Other soldiers watch the military vehicles. A United States Army UH-1D Iroquois helicopter lands on the airstrip. The soldiers walk towards the helicopter. A soldier seated in the UH-1D in flight. The helicopter lands and the soldiers rush off. They cross a shell-wrecked jungle. A soldier speaks over a radio and checks a map. Other soldiers rest in the jungle. They cross an open area. Helicopters in flight over the area. Smoke from a signal grenade. The soldiers move forward through the jungle.
Combat operations of United States Army 1st Infantry Division soldiers in Lai Khe, South Vietnam during the Vietnam War. Captured Vietcong weapons on display. Guns placed on the ground. The soldiers hold various Vietcong weapons and display them. Barricades and trees in the background. A soldier fires a gun.
Combat operations of United States Army 1st Infantry Division soldiers in Lai Khe, South Vietnam during the Vietnam War. United States Army UH-1D Iroquois helicopters in flight. The helicopters land on an airstrip. The soldiers get off the helicopters and walk towards a line of waiting trucks. They climb onto the trucks. The trucks loaded with soldiers drive off. 1st Infantry Division shoulder patch in view.
U.S. Army Chaplain Liteky on a field at the Fire Base Stephanie in Bien Hoa province, South Vietnam during the Vietnam War. U.S. Army 199th Light Infantry Brigade soldiers assemble for a presentation ceremony for U.S. Army Chaplain Captain Angelo Liteky. The soldiers aboard tanks on a field. U.S. Army General Crieghton W. Abrams and party arrive. A citation is read. General Abrams presents the Distinguished Service Cross (DSC) to Chaplain Liteky. A soldier takes photographs. The flag of the United States flutters from a flag pole. The chaplain is interviewed by the press. Cameramen record the event.
U.S. Army 199th Light Infantry Brigade soldiers following a ceremony honoring their Chaplain, Captain Angelo Liteky, who received the DSC. A Distinguished Service Cross (DSC) on the Chaplain's uniform. M-113 Armored Personnel Carriers (APCs) lined up. The Chaplain talks to the members of the press. (Vietnam War period).
A U.S. Army Chaplain on a field at the Fire Base Stephanie in Bien Hoa province, South Vietnam during the Vietnam War. Chaplain Angelo Liteky walks across rice paddies with soldiers of the 199th Light Infantry. He enters a camp area. Pup tents are scattered in the area. A soldier and the Chaplain look at captured Vietcong equipment.