United States Army 1st Infantry Division nicknamed 'Big Red One' arrives at the beach. American color guard on a beach in Vietnam. General William C Westmoreland, Commander General, U.S. Army, Vietnam, on the beach landing area. Major General Jonathan O Seaman, Commander General 1st Infantry Division, on beach. He converses with Brigadier General John "Jack" Norton, Commander of the 1st Air Cavalry Division and Colonel Curt Aronson of his Division. .A Landing Craft Utility (LCU) arrives carrying the first contingent of the 1st Infantry Division. As the troops disembark, General Westmoreland shakes hands with first two soldiers. The soldiers carry barrack bags. Remainder of the film shows troops offloading from the LCU and making their way across the sand past the Generals and the color guard.(Vietnam War period).
Aftermath of the Tet Offensive bombing on United States Embassy (4 Le Duan Blvd., District 1, Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam) in Saigon, Vietnam. Blasted roofs of wrecked buildings across the street of the United States Embassy. Extreme damage inside the building. Smashed building and broken windows. Rubble strewn about in the building. Blood on glass top of desk. Rubble in offices and wrecked furniture. Vietnam map hanging askew.
Explosions and damage at Bien Hoa Air Base in Vietnam during Vietnam War. Vietnam Air Force personnel at damaged air field. Firemen spray burning aircraft with water hoses. Damaged aircraft and ruins of aircraft. Aircraft burns. Crater on airfield. Smoke rising from debris. Bombs strewn on flight line. Airmen defuse 500 pound bombs on U.S. Air Force A-1H wing pylons.
Explosions and damage at Bien Hoa Air Base in Vietnam. Smoke rises from a burning aircraft along a flight line. Vietnam Air Force A-1H's being taxied to safety. Two Vietnamese huddle behind sandbags as trailers loaded with bombs pull away from flight line. Trailers loaded with bombs move and smoke rises in the background. Parked USAF aircraft. (Vietnam War period).
Damage caused at Bien Hoa Air Base in Vietnam. U.S. Air Force Skyraider A-1H's taxiing and being towed to safe area. Smoke rising in background from a burning aircraft. Burning and damaged aircraft on flight line. Vietnam Air Force personnel gets into a cockpit. Fire and smoke rises in the background. (Vietnam War period).
A helicopter in flight as it releases leaflets encouraging Viet Cong to defect. South Vietnamese soldiers mounting loudspeakers on a boat for broadcasting to people along the shore. Vietnamese people, in traditional dress, propel large narrow river boats, by hand, using twin poles. Former Viet Cong who have changed sides and now support South Vietnam. South Vietnamese operate a vehicle equipped with a movie projector and loudspeaker. Children on the side of the road. A U.S. Army Special Forces (Green Beret) Sergeant and South Vietnamese Special Forces personnel, training South Vietnam regional defense forces in use of firearms, including M79 grenade launcher. (Vietnam War period).