View from a U.S. Riverine patrol boat underway with another in view. Armed crew members on the lookout. A gunner in position with single single M2HB 50 caliber machine gun in the stern. Another gunner at a double M2HB forward machine guns. American flag flying in the breeze. Rounds being fired making splashes in the water nearby. An explosion in the water. The patrol boat carrying the camera makes a 180-degree turn as does the companion boat. Gunners on the patrol boats commence firing toward the shore. Crewman on patrol boat reports to their operations center (aboard the USS Harnett County) informing them of enemy fire. View of sailors there receiving the message. Alarm sounds aboard the ship and members of Light Helicopter Attack Squadron 3 (HAL-3) scramble in response, racing to their Navy Seawolf UH-1B gunships parked on the ship's deck. They don combat gear and prepare for takeoff. Closeups of crew members at their stations in a helicopter and preparing their weapons. The helicopters take off. The patrol boats speed and maneuver as they continue to return fire at the scene of engagement. The helicopters in formation, proceed toward the area and then swoop low over delta terrain. View from helicopter as it passes a patrol boat below, and then as it attacks the shore area identified by the boats. Smoke rising from the target area. Helicopter firing rockets at the target. Pilots discuss location and armament of the Viet Cong elements on the ground. View from inside a chopper as it makes final run on the target. Sailor on patrol boat waves to helicopter as it passes low nearby. Two helicopters in formation as they head to a new target identified by South Vietnamese command center. Helicopter firing rocket at enemy position. Views from inside a helicopter during several strafing and rocket attacks. Bullets striking and rockets exploding. Strafing attack against a wooden boat that explodes when hit. A wrecked Seawolf UH-1B gunship sitting in waist-deep water after being hit by a sniper in a Vietnamese boat. Sailors removing weapons and other items from it. Wounded on litters being taken aboard the LST. One being helped across the deck. Tracer bullets fired during nighttime. Views of sunset.
Pilot at controls of U.S. Army helicopter UH-1D Huey. Helicopter lands near smoke from signal grenade. U.S. Army soldiers of First Infantry Division get-off and move ahead through a grass field. UH-1D Huey takes off. A soldier communicates through radio. Soldiers take cover in tall grass and move through dense palm trees and bushes. (Vietnam War period).
United States Army soldiers of First Infantry Division wade in chest deep waters in jungle swamps of Vietnam. Soldiers cross waters and move to dry land. A soldier speaks over radio. Soldiers discover and remove punji sticks in swamps. (Vietnam War period).
United States Army Soldiers of First Infantry Division display captured weapons during operation activities in Vietnam. An officer places a lit match near mysterious rocks. The rock ignites when kept near the lit stick. Brown sacks seen in the background. (Vietnam War period).
Unites States Army soldiers of First Infantry Division carrying rifles on roadside during operation activities in Vietnam. Vietnamese vehicles pass soldiers at roadside in village. Soldiers move out across fields and over railroad tracks. (Vietnam War period).
United States Army soldiers of First Infantry Division check a hut in a village during operation activities against Vietnam. A Vietnamese woman opens the door. Two children are seen with the woman. AVRN interpreter talks with suspect. A soldier talks on the radio. Soldiers walk on the narrow road along the canal. (Vietnam War period).
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