Captain McCreery speaks while looking at reconnaissance film on light table. Captain speaks about aerial photographs which is product of aerial reconnaissance. He further adds that aerial reconnaissance means looking for the enemy from air. This imagery is used by USAF, VNAF and U.S. Army. 13th Reconnaissance technical squadron interprets this imagery. He talks about various methods of reconnaissance. (Vietnam War period).
U.S. Navy pilot, Lieutenant Junior Grade, Everett Alvarez, Jr., in flight suit and helmet, being taken prisoner by the North Vietnamese. View of his military identification card. Lt Avarez being interrogated by North Vietnamese officers. Destruction by U.S. air strikes on North Vietnam. Wreckage of buildings. Remains of buildings. Lt Alvarez's clothing and survival gear, including his dog tags and keys. The retrieved wreckage of his A-4D aircraft is on display and being explained to North Vietnamese in a public gathering.
United States Navy Medical Civic Action Program (MedCAP) in Vietnam. The MedCAP is set on the porch of a Vietnamese school. Villagers line up for a medical examination. The villagers are examined with a stethoscope. A child is given treatment. Several villagers sit on the porch and wait for their turns. The medical officers write on cards. Tablets and ointments are kept in medical boxes. Women stand with children. Men and women stand in long lines for a check-up.
United States troops move and relax at a landing zone of U.S. Fire Support Base Nancy while waiting for helicopter pickup. A UH-1D helicopter lands nearby. Soldiers are carrying their guns and bags. Wire fence is seen around the area in which soldiers appear. (Vietnam War period).
United States Army soldiers and howitzer are seen at Fire Support Base (FSB) Normandy. Purple smoke appears as a signal grenade fires. A U.S. Army 101st Airborne CH-54 helicopter delivers a howitzer at the base and flies away. Soldiers watch an approaching CH-47 with supplies in its sling. It delivers the supplies and flies away. (Vietnam War period).
United States Navy Inshore Fire Support Ship, USS Carronade (IFS-1), during Vietnamese Counteroffensive - Phase III, during the Vietnamese War. Captain of the ship, Lieutenant Commander Roy E. McCoy, stands on bridge, in steel helmet and battle gear, looking through binoculars with cigar in his hand. Sailors speak over radio. Naval personnel stand and watch from a bridge. Rows of rocket launchers installed on deck. Rockets are fired. Sailors work on charts and maps inside the ship, showing inshore waters. Sailors relay plotting information over radio to fire command station. (Vietnam War period).
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