Post of the United States Military in Vietnam during Vietnam War. Door gunner seated in a UH-1B helicopter looks at the Mekong delta area. The winding river and its tributaries all over the delta. Very large winding river spreads into three legs. Pilot operates the controls inside the helicopter cockpit.
Allied troops against the Vietcong in the Mekong Delta, Vietnam during the Vietnam War. Allied troops holding guns advance. They advance through swamps and fields. The Vietnamese sit on a field. An injured man is treated by a soldier. A dead body on the field. Captured weapons kept on the ground. Soldiers around the weapons.
View from UH-1 (Huey) helicopter flying over Mekong Delta region of South Vietnam, during the Vietnam War. Scene shifts to view from vehicle moving along the ground, of smoke rising from several places in the distance. Republic of Vietnam Army soldiers (of the ARVN 18th Division) walk across a grassy field after leaving a UH-1 helicopter (unseen). View from the helicopter, taking off. The propwash, from its rotor, blows the grass around the troops, as it lifts off. A UH-1 passing the camera at low altitude. View from helicopter in flight, of another UH-1 flying close to the ground, below, casting a shadow on the ground as it passes. Glimpse from inside a UH-1, with gun sticking out the open door.
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.
Views from UH-1 helicopter flying over Mekong Delta region of South Vietnam during the Vietnam War. A river and rice paddies are seen. Black smoke rising from a spot on the ground, as seen through mist.
View of the Dredge, "New Jersey," employed by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers to deepen a turning basin in the Mekong River, South Vietnam, during the Vietnam War. This action is part of the U.S. construction of the Dong Tam Base, in the Mekong Delta. Scene shifts to interior of engine room aboard the dredge where a rotating shaft and pump outlet are visible. On deck, camera focuses on sign above the bridge reading: "New Jersey." Sign above the doorway reads: "No Visitors Allowed." Views of dredging pipes laying across the ship's deck and extending out across floats, into the river. A boat tied up near the dredge. (Note: the only sound is essentially "wild.")
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