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U.S. Air Force UC-123B aircraft spraying defoliant Agent Orange in Vietnam.
UC-123Bs of the U.S. Air Force 12th Air Commando Squadron (Ranch Hand) spraying defoliant Agent Orange, during Operation Tired Bill in Vietnam. UC-123Bs in flight over mountains and forests and then.descending in trail to target area. Ten UC-123Bs flying wing-to-wing in two waves, spraying defoliant agent orange over a ten mile strip between Con Thien and Gia Linh. An F4C can be seen briefly, high in distance, flying cover for the operation. (Vietnam War period).
The U.S. Marines of 'K' company 3/3 burn the dwellings during Operation Prairie III of the Vietnam War.
Activities of the U.S. 3rd Marine Corps Division at South West of Con Thien in Vietnam during Operation Prairie III of the Vietnam War. Marines some with packs, some with PRC-25 radios on backs. They carry weapons and move forward across the grass field. The marines head towards dwelling in lightly wooded area in far background. The marines move across small busy area and into dirt clearings. Smoldering ashes of dwelling in the background. Three marines one with PRC-25 radio on back stands in a cultivated field and talk. One marine armed with M-14 rifle. Other marines walk past smoldering ashes of dwelling in the far background. Some of the marines stand and exit near thatched dwelling, as roof begins to burn, as seen over the bushes. One of the marine holds phone of PRC-25 radio on back to move over dirt path. Vietnamese dwelling burns in the background. A view of several burning thatched dwellings and marines of 'K' company move over dirt path. Other dwellings burning in far background. One marine moves over dirt path and walks out. Several other marines from 'K' company 3/3 move past several burning thatched dwellings of the village.
The U.S. Marines fill their cans, shave and wash their hands from a muddy stream during Operation Prairie III of the Vietnam War.
Activities of the U.S. 3rd Marine Corps Division at South West of Con Thien in Vietnam during Operation Prairie III of the Vietnam War. Marines stand next to and in a muddy stream in dirt clearing. One of the marine holds helmet in his hands, stands in muddy stream bends over and washes his face with water from the stream. Another marine fills a canteen. A marine holds M-60 machine gun and stands in the foreground. Two marines stoop down and fill their canteens from the small muddy stream. One of the marine with pack, stands with leg straddled over small muddy stream. He fills his helmet with water and dumps it on his head. Bushes in the background. Several marines stand on the side of small stream in muddy clearing. Some scoop up water with hands and wash faces, some dip in their helmets and pour water over heads as other prepare to fill their canteens. The marines stand on the side of the muddy stream clearing one dump water from helmet over his head, as other fill and place canteens on cart belts. Busy area in the background. A marine with utility trousers, no shirt and uncovered seated on ground wash his face covered with lather and shaves. He then rinse out his razor in his helmet which is filled with water. His M-14 rifle and pack lies on ground. Other marines with no shirts and uncovered stand next to shallow muddy stream in clearing, some with lather on face. They shave and rinse razor in the stream. Others wash their hands and face and rest in the background. A marine stands bent over small shallow stream and shaves. Another marine stoops next to the stream. He scoops up water with hands and washes his face.
U.S. UC-123B aircraft, in Operation Tired Bill, spray agent orange defoliant in Vietnam
UC-123B aircraft spread defoliant agent orange in Vietnam. Ranch Hand UC-123Bs of the 12th Air Commando Squadron, flying side by side, make a single pass over a ten mile strip of land that lies between Con Thien and Gia Linh. Shows aircraft in flight to target area, descending, and spraying defoliant agent. They generate a continuous unbroken cloud of agent orange over the area.. The aircraft return to base as evening begins, flying in loose trail formation.
American soldiers being taken as prisoners in Vietnam by Viet Cong
Air kinescope of TV news broadcast about U.S. soldiers taken as prisoners of war (POWs) by the Viet Cong. Large illustration of POWs on wall behind newscaster, Charles Collingwood. A map of Vietnam highlights Con Thien, on the Vietnam-Laos border. Viet Cong film shows them, covered with foliage camouflage, firing small arms as they move through brush and surprise a group of American soldiers who surrender and are taken prisoner. The Americans are escorted by armed Viet Cong and North Vietnamese Army soldiers. Views of individual American POWs. The news anchor speaks with a sign in the background that reads ' Causality reporting officer ' (Vietnam War period).
Modified C-135 aircraft of the Strategic Air Command (SAC) serve as "Combat Lightning" aircraft in Vietnam War
Opening scene shows two U.S. Air Force F-105 Thunderchief aircraft taking off in pre-dawn from Vietnam on a bombing mission, in 1966, during the Vietnam War. Next, the F-105s are seen diving and dropping bombs that explode into fire and smoke on the ground. Closeup of a Strategic Air Command (SAC) KC-135 aircraft in flight. It has been modified to serve as as a "Combat Lightning" aircraft that serves as a communication link between the Tactical Air Reporting Center at Monkey Mountain, near Danang, Vietnam and ground radar, airborne radar and any U.S. aircraft operating over North Vietnam. KC-135 "Combat Lightning" crew members are seated in a briefing room at the U-Tapao Royal Thai Navy Airfield, in Thailand. A briefing officer explains their mission, using charts and a map labeled SECRET Noforn (no foreign access) showing Vietnam and the Gulf of Tonkin. The briefer points to an area in the Gulf, and sketches a figure eight, showing where and how the KC-135 should maneuver in a holding pattern during its mission. Crew members rise and leave at the end of the briefing. View of a Strategic Air Command EC-135L that arrived on May 29, 1967, along with another, to support 24 hour "Combat Lightning" operations. Ground crewman directs the EC-135L as it taxis out and then takes off, past a C-130 aircraft holding short of the active runway. (Narrator notes that by the end of July, 1967, there were four "Combat Lightning" C-135 aircraft operating at U-Tapao airfield.) View from above of EC-135L aircraft in flight above clouds, en route to its assigned location over the Gulf of Tonkin. View of radio operator inside the aircraft, who is in radio contact with U-Tapao and the aircraft they are going to relieve. View of map showing their destination figure-eight holding pattern. Radio operator establishes the same contacts used by the aircraft they are relieving, to assure continuity of communications. Remainder of the film contains extended views of the radio operator at his station and of the EC-135 aircraft in flight. Near the end, the crew's Armaments and Electronics Technician is seen pulling a piece of malfunctioning electronic gear from a rack and replacing it with a spare, stored nearby.
