Scenes from massive offensive by 1st Air Cavalry Division against the People's Army of Vietnam (PAVN) in A Shau Valley, during the Vietnam War. Film opens showing scattered wreckage of a U.S. Army UH-1H helicoptor damaged by enemy fire or by collision with obstacles during landing. As troops work to clear wreckage, another UH-1 lands precariously in the midst of debris. United States Army soldiers dismount. Other soldiers work around the crash site. Nearby, a contingent of troops is busy carving out a proper landing zone, using small tools and a number of chain saws. Two of them pass close by the camera, carrying a huge tree trunk. Troops employ chain saws close to one another as they work on the tangled underbrush and trees. In the background, one soldier chops smaller brush with a machete. (Note: It has been reported that these scenes depict elements of B Company, 227th Assault Helicopter battalion, at LZ Pepper, and the UH-1H seen landing might be from the 1st/9th "Head Hunters.")
USS Enterprise (CVAN-65) in Gulf of Tonkin Vietnam, during Vietnam War. U.S. Navy officers and airmen walking on the deck area near the ship's island. Number 65 in bold written on the lower portion of ship's island. Several airmen go and come out from the island. Lieutenant Commander Robert R Brennock walking towards the A-4FSkyhawk for his 200th mission. Pilot inspects the engines, climbs up. LCDR Paul Shields written on the plane beside cockpit. Brennock lowers the canopy and takes off. The A-4FSkyhawk aircraft lands and the pilot step down. As the pilot walks, the commanding officer Robert J Thomas congratulates him. A UH-2C helicopter parked on the deck and several men stand near to it.
U.S. aircraft during on the USS Enterprise (CVAN-65) in Gulf of Tonkin, Vietnam during Vietnam War. U.S. Navy pilots walk with different equipment on the deck. Number 65 in bold written on the lower portion of ship's island. Lieutenant Commander Paul D Stephenson walks towards an A-4F Skyhawk parked near the island. LCDR Stephenson gives his bag to crew. Pilot inspects the engines, climbs up and puts on oxygen mask. Pilot Stephenson lowers the canopy and takes off as the crew shows signal. On returning Commanding officer J L Nicholson congratulates Stephenson and both of them walk away.
173rd Assault Helicopter Company (Robin Hoods) patrols in Lai Khe, South Vietnam. A helicopter patrols over the jungles. Barrel of the machine gun of the helicopter can be seen. Smoke rises from two places in the jungle. Wild track audio commentary indicates helicopter is doing a troop lift. Helicopter then flies over the sea. Formation of other Assault Helicopters at high altitude, still in air. (Vietnam War period).
173rd Assault Helicopter Company (Robin Hoods) patrols in Lai Khe, south Vietnam. Soldiers talk on wireless ratio sets sitting near mud roads. Few soldiers sit near the helicopters. Soldiers talk standing in groups. Soldiers sit near jeeps and rain water in small mud holes. Infantrymen move with their rifles on mud roads. Helicopter with cap and fir of Robin Hood as insignia. Helicopter with yellow stripe on tail, belonging to 162nd Assault Helicopter Company (Vultures) starts its engine. (Background wild track audio includes unrelated sounds of helicopter pilot communications with command.) (Vietnam War period).
173rd Assault Helicopter Company (Robin Hoods) patrols in Lai Khe, south Vietnam. Soldiers stand near a Bell UH-1 Iroquois "Huey" helicopter and discuss. Clouds low over the jungles. Assault helicopter in flight for a mission. Number of rockets fired one after the other at a target. Helicopters in air firing rockets to destroy the targets. Assault helicopters in formation. Smoke and flames rises from the rocket explosions. Change of scene back at a base, as U.S. Army soldiers load into a Boeing CH-47 Chinook transport helicopter. View of a smaller helicopter with nose art showing unit insignia. Pilots operate the controls inside the cockpit of one of the helicopters. Background wild track audio includes sounds of helicopter pilot communications with command. (Vietnam War period).