Tail view of two U.S. Air Force F-100D 'Super Sabre' planes of 355th TFS as it moves to Phu Cat in flight followed by two single F-100D planes. Fired up jet engine of the planes. Air Force planes climb into the sky through white clouds and disappear. (Vietnam War period).
U.S. 3rd Brigade, 82nd Airborne Division base camp where they were attached to the 101st Airborne Division (Airmobile), in the Hue-Phu Bai area of the I Corps sector, with the mission of protecting the ancient capital of Hue. Tents at the camp. Soldier with M-16 rifle on guard. Jeeps being driven along a road. Aerial views of the base camp. (Vietnam War period).
U.S. 3rd Brigade, 82nd Airborne Division operations at Phu Bai Combat Base near Hue, Vietnam. Film begins showing a sign for the 85th Evacuation Hospital, with its motto, "Miracularum Laborantes" that the hospital staff translated as "Miracle Workers." Next a jeep is seen driving out of the hospital compound. It has the name "Fearless Fly" stenciled beneath its windshield. In the background hospital enlisted quarters can be seen. The jeep stops leaving the compound before joining traffic headed North on Highway !, where it passes a building on the left reportedly converted into basketball and volleyball courts. Considerable traffic is seen in both directions on the road, including trucks carrying various army cargo and personnel. A Vietnamese couple is seen riding together on a motorbike. An army flat bed truck drives next to an area with many buildings and a red and white checkered water tank. The camera focuses on a sign at the entrance to that road which points to: "528th QM Co Package POL Yard & filling station." The camera then pans across an open field showing buildings in the distance. Change of scene shows a fenced compound with buildings and a parked truck inside. (Vietnam War period).
U.S. Airmen service an F-100D Super Sabre jet of the 355th TFS (Tactical Fighter Squadron) in Vietnam. They load 20mm belted ammunition for the plane's M39 cannons. Ground crewman closes and buttons up a hatch when they finish. (Vietnam War period).
A U.S. 1st Signal Brigade soldier operates a machine at the Regional Communications Center in Phu Lam, Vietnam during the Vietnam War. A sign reads 'DCS Station, Automatic Switching Center, Technical Control Branch'. The soldier walks in a room and attaches wires to a switch board. He checks the timing on a modulator. He rotates a button. The communication equipment. The dials, lights, oscilloscopes and flashing numbers. Another soldier operates an autodin ASC-2 simulator.
A U.S. Army 1st Signal Brigade soldier operates a machine at the Regional Communications Center in Phu Lam, Vietnam during the Vietnam War. A soldier operates a modulator. Another soldier speaks over a phone in the background. The communication equipment. The dials, lights, oscilloscopes and flashing numbers on the machine.
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