Combat pilot, First Lieutenant Isley and Air Force Sergeant stand at Air Force Camp in Phan Rang Air Base, Vietnam. Pilot shaves his beard. The Sergeant is involved with the filming and,stands by, making comments to the cinematographer. (Vietnam War period).
United States Army's Major General John Norton disembarks from an army UH-1D helicopter at the An Khe Air Base in Vietnam. He stands beside the helicopter and talks. He explains the importance of the Forward Air Controller and Artillery observers during the air-support operations. Another U-1D on ground in the background with U.S. troops aboard it. (Vietnam War period).
Activities of USAF (United States Air Forces) 377th Air Police Security Squadron at Tan Son Nhut Air Base in Vietnam during the Vietnam War. Craft Weave Muzzle Agitation exercise shows dogs with handlers lined up in two rows. Agitators run between the rows. The handlers release the dogs and give chase to the agitators. The handlers and the dogs with a sergeant agitating in the center of a ring. The dogs obey commands. The handlers take the dogs back to kennels. A handler lifts a dog into the back of a pickup truck.
Aerial view showing smoke rising from a bombed jungle in the Vietnam War. Helicopters flying over a jungle just south of the Vietnamese Demilitarized Zone during Operation Hastings. Helicopter landing in open field. United States Marine Corp (USMC) Marines commander Major General Lowell E. English talking outside a tent with officers. Major General Lowell E. English points to a map of the Vietnamese Demilitarized Zone, showing where the People's Army of Vietnam (PAVN) forces are building up in the Vietnamese DMZ and the United States Marines positions at the beginning of Operation Hastings. United States helicopters landing near the Vietnamese DMZ. United States Marines Sikorsky H-34 helicopter landing in field. Marines run and assume prone position along a fence line, possibly the DMV. Marine Corps officer Major Donald Cook discusses how the Marines acted as Operations Hastings developed in the Vietnamese DMZ. A map of the DMZ is seen behind Major Cook. A Marine firing a gun. A United States fighter jet dropping an incendiary bomb. Marines running across the battlefield. Fairchild C-123 Provider takes off from an airfield. Sikorsky H-34 helicopter in the foreground. Dong-Ha Combat Base as seen from an aircraft cockpit. Reserve battalion unload weapons and supplies at Dong-Ha base. A tractor pulls a Howitzer. Lockheed C-130 Hercules parked on runway. Soldiers loading boxes in the back of a truck. Marines moving across dusty field. Some Marines climb into a Boeing Vertol CH-46 Sea Knight helicopter. A helicopter lifts off and flies away. Marines inside a Boeing Vertol CH-46 Sea Knight helicopter. A fighter drops bombs over a field, bombs explode upon impact. A Boeing Vertol CH-46 Sea Knight helicopter lands and a group of Marines exit rear door. The helicopter flies away. Combat scenes showing Marines fighting in the battlefield, with one throwing a grenade. Marine fires M60 machine gun while another drips oil on it to cool it down. Marine hunkered down while trying to unroll a bandage. A Marine communicates with a field telephone.
American comedian Bob Hope performs for United Service Organization (USO) at Tan Son Nhut air base in Vietnam. The U.S. Army troops watch the show and applaud. Bob Hope's entertainment troupe performs on the stage. Carroll Baker, Anita Bryant, Joey Heatherton, the Korean Kittens, Phyllis Diller seen on stage. A troupe member seen wearing a sari. (Vietnam War period).
Senator J. William Fulbright in United States. Interviewer asks Fulbright about President Lyndon B Johnson's policies on Vietnam War and if he is in line with John F Kennedy and Dwight D Eisenhower. Fulbright says that it has been a difficult situation for the President. He states that he has been involved with the President in many of the campaigns and war can not be justified.