Activities of the United States Army 1st Battalion, 22nd Infantry, 4th Infantry Division soldiers during Operation Francis Marion in the Central Highlands in Pleiku area, South Vietnam. Bunkers and tents at the camp area in the background. Soldier sharpens his machete. Soldier uses a compass as a mirror for shaving. Other soldier washes himself with water from his helmet. Some of the soldiers rest, read Stars and Stripes. They clean their weapons.
Covers TET observance program by VNAF (Viet Nam Air Force) 33rd Wing and U.S. Air Force Advisory Team No. 1 in Tan Tru village, Vietnam. Vietnamese medics treat and issue medicines to women and children at an outdoor clinic. (Vietnam War period).
U.S. Marines in Con Thien, Vietnam during the Vietnam War. United States Marines near a tank as they retrieve bodies of dead Marines on a field. A Marine wearing a gas mask. A dead Marine being loaded onto the tank. The Marines and the tank move across the field to retrieve the dead Marines. A Marine with a gas mask on his face.
U.S. Marines in Con Thien, Vietnam during the Vietnam War. United States Marine Corps A-4 Skyhawk and F-4 Phantom II aircraft patrol an area. Smoke rises from an area after bombing. Explosions occur and smoke rises. U.S. Marines advance across an area.
U.S. Marines in Con Thien, Vietnam during the Vietnam War. United States Marines fire M-16 rifles and .45 pistols. A tank rolls across a field to retrieve dead Marines. The Marines advance across a field. Dead Marines lying on the ground. Holy Bible lying on the ground, opened to John 1. A Marine speaks over a field phone.
U.S. Marines in Con Thien, Vietnam during the Vietnam War. United States Marines advance across a field as they retrieve dead Marines. A Vietnamese soldier (interpreter) speaks to the Marines as a Marine holds a piece of paper. The Marines advance and set up a field phone. A Marine with bandaged left arm. Marine speaks over PRC-25 radio. A dead Marine lies next to him. The Marines milling about on a field. A damaged building in the background. A Marine examines a dead Marine. There appears to be a broken tread of a tank in the background. Two Marines with M-16 rifles wearing bullet proof vests move across the field as smoke rises in the background. They duck suddenly as they appear to be under fire.