Forward Air Controller (FAC) of U.S. 1st cavalry performs preflight checks of an O-1G aircraft at the An Khe Air Base in Vietnam. Pilot climbs in the cockpit and secures his gear. O-1G's engine starts. The aircraft is taxied to runway under direction of the FAC. The aircraft takes off.
A truck convoy of U.S. 199th Light Infantry Brigade troops waiting to move out of base camp. Soldiers rush to 105mm Howitzer and prepare to fire. Soldiers load, aim and fire the Howizer. Soldiers read letters and newspapers. (Vietnam War period).
A U.S. Army advisor holding an M2 carbine with enlarged 30-round magazine, as he trains South Vietnamese soldiers, seated nearby. Closeup of several American advisers, all displaying parachutist badges on their caps. An advisor going over a map with a South Vietnamese soldier, in the field. View of ARVN (Army of Republic of Vietnam) soldiers slogging through jungles, carrying weapons and gear. ARVN troops firing weapons as they cross field of tall grass. A Viet cong (VC) in black outfit with white conical hat, seen running. Troops running under heavy small arms fire. ARVN escorting captured VC, under guard. They have their arms tied back. Vietnamese tribesmen who were impressed into VC service, are seen, momentarily, seated on the ground. A medical clinic staffed by U.S medical personnel is seen treating local citizens, who form a line waiting to be seen.
American troops under concentrated enemy artillery fire from North Vietnamese during Vietnam War. U.S. Army soldiers run and jump into a trench, taking cover in the trench as artillery strikes nearby. Dramatic explosions, fire and smoke as American troop position is bombed by Vietcong. U.S. troops firing artillery at the enemy. View from inside cargo compartment of a U.S. Air Force C-130 transport aircraft, as supplies are pushed out for airdrop to U.S. forces. View from ground of supplies descending by paracute from C-133.
A dramatization shows the survival of a downed U.S. pilot in a Vietnamese jungle during the Vietnam War. The pilot crouches next to a tree and sharpens his knife with a flat stone. He hides in the jungle growth and keeps an eye out for Vietcong soldiers. He drinks water from a piece of bamboo and uses some water to wash his face. The pilot advances through a wooded area. A parachute descends.
U.S. Air Force CH-3E helicopters carrying U.S. 20th Helicopter Squadron personnel and Montagnard troops over a Vietnamese jungle during the Vietnam War. Interiors of an CH-3E in flight shows paratroopers getting ready for jump. U.S. Jump master alerts several Montagnard paratroopers. He checks over one who leans out of the open door and after a moment, jumps. One of the U.S. crew retrieves a line from outside the helicopter. The U.S. Jump master and one more Monagnard jump from the helicopter. Crew members on board express satisfaction with the mission.
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