United States Air Force Colonel Richard C Catledge visits maintenance shop at Bien Hoa Air Base in Vietnam. Colonel Catledge leaves staff car and enters the maintenance shop. He salutes the Non-Commissioned Officer in Charge (NCOIC) and walks to a group of airmen at work. Airmen work on jet engine. Colonel Catledge talks to NCOIC. Airman cleans the jet engine. (Vietnam War period).
United States Air Force Colonel Catledge speaks about organization's mission in his office at Bien Hoa Air Base in Vietnam. Colonel Catledge speaks about the 3rd Tactical Fighter Squadron's mission, his duties, and the devotion to duty shown by his personnel in seven days operation. He talks about the 5 Tactical Fighter Squadron and their responsibilities. He talks about their major mission that is to support the Vietnamese. (Vietnam War period).
United States Air Force Colonel Richard C Catledge speaks about his routine activities at Bien Hoa Air Base in Vietnam. He speaks about his activities and his combat mission in seven days operation. He states that he usually visits the maintenance, supply and alert facility. (Vietnam War period).
United States Air Force Colonel Catledge talks about relaxation places at Bien Hoa Air Base in Vietnam. He talks about his and 3rd Tactical Fighter Squadron's busy schedule of seven days operation. They go to swimming pool and hand ball court for relaxation. (Vietnam War period).
U.S. "Brown Water Navy" men gather around a military hovercraft, aka Patrol Air Cushion Vehicle (PACV), at Dong Tam Base Camp, South Vietnam, during the Vietnam War. The engine is running and one of the men is making adjustments to it. (Images end at TC:00:25. Remainder is wild sound only.)
Views of reclaimed areas of Mekong Delta, where dredging spoils are piled up, from operations during the construction of the American portions of the Dong Tam Base in South Vietnam during the Vietnam War. A few local people are seen along with several cattle grazing. In places, dredged sand and mud form a berm at the water's edge. Glimpses closeup of a Vietnamese civilian and an American soldier.