Capitol Military Assistance Command Operations Center in Saigon, Vietnam during the Vietnam War. Antennas on roof of the building. Traffic police directs traffic on a busy road. He gives hand signals. Vietnamese people in cars, jeeps and bicycles on the road.
U.S. Deputy Secretary of Defense David Packard on a tour of Vietnam. David Packard walks at a naval shipyard in Saigon. Commodore Tran Van Chon, Chief of Naval Operations ;Vietnamese Navy, walks with Mr Packard. U.S. Vice Admiral E. R. Zumwalt, Comnavforces, Vietnam and Mr. Packard look at Ferro cement boats that were built by Vietnamese at Vietnamee Naval shipyard. Mr Packard looks at the boats from the edge of the dock. Commodore Chon in the background. Mr.Packard chats with E. R. Zumwalt and they enter a car. The official party looks at some of the ribs of one of the boats under construction. Mr. Packard signs a log book. E. R. Zumwalt stands in the background in a building at the shipyard. Mr Packard is introduced to an officer of the Republic of Vietnam. The official party walks at the shipyard. Mr Packard talks with B Donohue, Director of Small Boat School, Saigon. The party in one of the rooms at the boat school. The party departs from the school. A young Vietnamese girl runs through a hall at the school.
United States Air Force General Joseph J Nazzaro visits Da Nang Air Base in Vietnam during the Vietnam War. KC-135A Stratotanker taxis on arrival. General Joseph J Nazzaro along with other officers disembark from the aircraft. General Nazzaro being greeted by United States Marine Corps Lieutenant General Herman Nickerson. Army of Republic of Vietnam Lieutenant General Xuan Lam, Colonel Roberts and staff. General Nazzaro converses with Lieutenant General Herman Nickerson and Lieutenant General Xuan Lam. General Nazzaro shakes hands with group of Vietnamese Air Force airmen of the 41st Vietnamese Air Force Wing.
U.S. soldiers during a replacement process in Vietnam during the Vietnam War. U.S. recruit Richard Gillispie and other soldier replacements go through processing at 90th Replacement Battalion. A non commissioned officer (NCO) welcomes the assembled soldiers to Vietnam. The soldiers enter the processing building. They receive papers. Gillispie and other soldiers listen to the NCO who is speaking into a microphone. The soldiers check the papers and listen to the NCO. A soldier has a pen in his hand. The soldiers write on the papers.
U.S. soldiers seated in a terminal area at Bien Hoa Air Base in Vietnam during the Vietnam War. A TWA (Trans World Airlines) jet taxis to an unloading area at Bien Hoa Air Base. A soldier at the airfield with barracks bags kept near him. The TWA jet is stationary. Ground crewmen push aviation passenger stairs. A sign on the stairs reads 'Welcome Det 5 8 Aerial Port, Bien Hao Air Base, Republic of Vietnam'. A soldier at the air base with 'Concor' written on his helmet. U.S. airmen and soldiers get off from the aircraft. They assemble and sit in the terminal area. A close up of U.S. recruit Richard Gillispie with another soldier seated in chairs. Gillispie smiles.
U.S. soldiers sit in small groups and wait for transportation in Vietnam during the Vietnam War. Signs of various locations in Vietnam where the soldiers can be shipped. A helicopter in flight and a loudspeaker on a pole in the background. A pile of barracks bags kept on the ground. The soldiers wait for transportation to take them to their assigned units. A sign reads 'Movement Control'. Another sign reads '9th Inf Division'. The soldiers seated on barracks bags in a small group talk. A sign reads 'Pleiku' . Trucks loaded with the soldiers move out. Insignia of the United States on a truck.