Operation Thayer II by First Air Cavalry Division of United States Army in Ankhe, South Vietnam. Patrolling team of soldiers in rice paddies watch a UH-1D helicopter flying. Medic treats injuries of an old Vietcong suspect. Soldiers discover uniform and blankets of U.S. soldiers in a village. A soldier in waist deep water of swamp, another soldier pulls him out. UH-1D helicopter patrols over a river and rice paddies. (Vietnam War period).
Operation Thayer II by First Air Cavalry Division of United States Army in Ankhe, South Vietnam. UH-1D helicopter during flight and landing; U.S. Army soldiers jump out of the helicopter. Patrolling team of soldiers rush through rice paddies. A soldier loses balance and falls in knee deep bog. Soldiers arrest natives of a village. An old couple on their knees folds their hands and begs for mercy. Soldiers round woman and children on gun point. Soldier searches shacks of natives. (Vietnam War period).
Sign outside a building reads "Briefing Room". Officers of the American 82D Aviation Company enter the briefing room. Briefing session. UH-1D helicopters land on airfield. 173D Airborne brigade troops rush off from the helicopters and take cover in woods. (Vietnam War period).
U.S. 1st Air Cavalry Division troops at a sandbagged emplacement in Ankhe, Vietnam. Gun crewman holds a 106mm shell, as a Sergeant uses wrench to adjust fuze on its nose. Soldier then loads it into M-40 Recoilless Rifle. Another soldier looks through a scope mounted on side of the weapon. View of the 106mm shell. (Vietnam War period).
View of signal site attacked by a Vietcong element atop the mountain in Ankhe, South Vietnam. Troops of U.S. 13th Signal Battalion (1st Cavalry Division), 41st Signal Battalion and 54th Signal Battalion. Soldiers unload cases of ammunition from UH-1D atop the mountain. UH-1D takes off. Damaged generators and rubble. OH-47 helicopter lands. (Vietnam War period).
Operation Thayer II by First Air Cavalry Division of United States Army in Ankhe, South Vietnam. 1st Cavalry Division soldiers blindfold and bound Vietcong suspects at a village Bongson. Suspects on their knees and lined in a row. A soldier shoves a blindfolded suspect behind others, in a line. The Vietnamese informer looks at each suspect. Vietnamese interpreter manhandles a Viet Cong as he interrogates him. He grabs him by throat and shakes him violently. U.S. soldier and the informer talk with each other. (Vietnam War period).