Tet Offensive underway in Saigon, during the Vietnam War. U.S. Army UH-1B helicopters in flight over buildings. Vietnamse civilians on the terrace or rooftop of a building. Massive clouds of smoke rise from fires and bombed areas in distance. Explosions seen.
U.S. Army 199th Light Infantry Brigade soldiers following a ceremony honoring their Chaplain, Captain Angelo Liteky, who received the DSC. A Distinguished Service Cross (DSC) on the Chaplain's uniform. M-113 Armored Personnel Carriers (APCs) lined up. The Chaplain talks to the members of the press. (Vietnam War period).
Chaplain Angelo Liteky conducts mass for soldiers of the 199th Light Infantry, using a small printed guide, which the attending soldiers also use to follow and participate in the mass. (Vietnam War period).
Film opens showing a damaged U.S. M48 tank stranded in a ditch at side of road near buildings in Hue, Vietnam. Closeup of the front and tread of the damaged tank. M-48 tanks parked under trees near sandbagged garden fence. U.S. Marine in combat gear silhouetted against window as he fires rifle from inside a building. Several U.S. Army soldiers, of the 1st battalion 44th artillery, load shells into an M42A1 twin 40mm self-propelled anti-aircraft gun ("Duster"). Marines on the roof of a building. They prepare to fire a 3.5inch rocket launcher. A rocket is loaded into a tube and the 3.5inch rocket launcher is fired. A marine ties the 3.5inch rocket launcher onto a rope and stands holding it.
Flares fired from an aircraft, descend on a dark night sky at Khe Sanh, Vietnam. View of explosion on ground.
Remains of damaged and partially disassembled CH46A Sky Knight helicopter in parking area at Khe Sanh, Vietnam. View of bunkers and ammunition dump with dirt and bushy area.