United States Army 1st Infantry Division nicknamed 'Big Red One' arrives at the beach. American color guard on a beach in Vietnam. General William C Westmoreland, Commander General, U.S. Army, Vietnam, on the beach landing area. Major General Jonathan O Seaman, Commander General 1st Infantry Division, on beach. He converses with Brigadier General John "Jack" Norton, Commander of the 1st Air Cavalry Division and Colonel Curt Aronson of his Division. .A Landing Craft Utility (LCU) arrives carrying the first contingent of the 1st Infantry Division. As the troops disembark, General Westmoreland shakes hands with first two soldiers. The soldiers carry barrack bags. Remainder of the film shows troops offloading from the LCU and making their way across the sand past the Generals and the color guard.(Vietnam War period).
Aftermath of the Tet Offensive bombing on United States Embassy (4 Le Duan Blvd., District 1, Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam) in Saigon, Vietnam. Blasted roofs of wrecked buildings across the street of the United States Embassy. Extreme damage inside the building. Smashed building and broken windows. Rubble strewn about in the building. Blood on glass top of desk. Rubble in offices and wrecked furniture. Vietnam map hanging askew.
Class on U.S. Navy helicopter electrical systems being conducted at a U.S. base in Vietnam during Vietnam War. U.S. technical representative conducts class on U.S. Navy CH-34C Choctaw helicopter electrical systems using wall charts and schematics. VNAF (Vietnam Air Force) personnel attend the class.
U.S. Air Force B-57 Canberra bomber aircraft attacking Viet Cong positions in Vietnam during Vietnam War. Aerial views of B-57B in flight attacking Viet Cong base in Vietnam.
A U.S. Army CH-54 Tarhe helicopter transports a downed A-1H Skyraider bomber to Bien Hoa Air Base in Vietnam during the Vietnam War. Aerial view of a downed VNAF (Vietnam Air Force) A-1H Skyraider bomber on a rice paddy in Cai Be. A CH-54 Tarhe helicopter approaches the downed A-1H aircraft, lifts the wreckage and carries it off. The CH-54 helicopter in flight. It delivers the wreckage of the A-1H at Bien Hoa Air Base.
A U.S. Army CH-54 Tarhe helicopter transports a downed A-1E Skyraider bomber to Bien Hoa Air Base in Vietnam during the Vietnam War. A wrecked VNAF (Vietnam Air Force) A-1E Skyraider bomber. U.S. soldiers guard it. The CH-54 helicopter approaches the A-1E aircraft, hooks up and carries off the wrecked aircraft. The helicopter in flight carrying the wrecked aircraft. The CH-54 helicopter delivers the A-1E aircraft at Bien Hoa Air Base.