U.S. 3rd Brigade, 82nd Airborne Division base camp operations in Phu Bai near Hue, Vietnam, during the Vietnam War. Soldiers form a human chain as they unload sandbags from a truck. Tents in the background. Soldiers construct a sandbagged bunker. An American flag in the foreground. Soldiers fill and tie sandbags. (This camp was later named Camp Eagle in March 1969).
U.S. 3rd Brigade, 82nd Airborne Division base camp operations in Phu Bai near Hue, Vietnam, during the Vietnam War. Soldiers attach antenna to the rear of a jeep. An officer and soldiers look at a map spread out on hood of the jeep. Soldier takes compass readings. Officer and soldier get into jeep stacked with concertina wire and drive off. Soldiers unload concertina wire from keep. Soldiers carry roll of wire to perimeter and spread it out. (This camp was later named Camp Eagle in March 1969).
U.S. 3rd Brigade, 82nd Airborne Division base camp operations in Phu Bai near Hue, Vietnam. 82nd Airborne insignia on TOC (Tactical Operations Center). MP (Military police) on guard at the entrance to tent. U.S. soldiers lined up for mess. Soldiers move through mess line and being served on paper plates. Sign reads 'Phu Bai 2 Km.'. (Vietnam War period. This camp was later named Camp Eagle in March 1969).
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 during the Vietnam War. Elevated wide view of tents at the camp. Soldier with M-16 rifle on guard overlooking camp. Jeeps being driven along a road. Aerial views of the base camp, which was later named Camp Eagle in March 1969). (Vietnam War period).
Vietnamese refugees arriving in the United States near the end of the Vietnam War, after the fall of Saigon. Tents in the background at the Vietnamese Refugee Processing Center of Eglin Air Force Base, outside Valparaiso, Florida. A sign board near a tent reads 'Airline ticket office'. An officer talks to a refugee family. The family consists of an older man, Mr. Ky Ly, who is present with his son and his son's family. His son is Mr. Thuyen Ly, a Vietnamese C-130 aircraft Commander with the 435th Squadron at Tan Son Nhut airbase. Also seen are Mr. Ly's wife, Mrs. Bich-Thuy Nguyen, and their two children, 5 year old Quyen Ly and 3 year old Vuong-Kha Ly. The Ly family speaks with a U.S. Air Force officer. Tents in the area. The Ly family seen walking in the tent complex. They enter a tent. The older Mr. Ly removes his glasses and a man takes his photograph for an identification card. Mr. Thuyen Ly sits for a photograph. A man takes his photograph. At a finger printing station, a man takes thumb impressions of Vietnamese refugees arriving in the United States.
Opening slate attributes film to SEAPC and Jensen (Southeast Asia Pictorial Center/221st Signal Company based in Long Binh and Chris Jensen). U.S. Army 101st Airborne Division troops pass through jungles of A Shau Valley in Vietnam. U.S. 327th Infantry Airborne regiment, 101st Airborne Division troops climb a mountain in a dense jungle. African American soldier carrying rifle brings up the rear. At one point the soldiers have dumped their ruck sacks and left them with the remainder of the company while they went on a short patrol. The troops on patrol in the jungle. The troops walk through high bushes. The troops fire M-79 grenade launchers as part of a recon patrol. Film taken by the Southeast Asia Pictorial Center/221st Signal Company based in Long Binh. Chris Jensen.