United States 9th Infantry Division change of command ceremony in Vietnam during the Vietnam War. U.S. Major General George O'Connor shakes hands with soldiers of 9th Division after the change of command ceremony. Soldiers talk to each other. A sign reads 'Finance office' Officers on a review stand including Major General O'Connor and Major General Julian J. Ewell. Some of the officers seated in chairs during the change of command ceremony. Major General O'Connor speaks into the microphone followed by another officer. Major General O'Connor and Major General Ewell shake hands. Major General O'Connor shakes hands with soldiers and officers.
Three United States Army Majors, of the U.S. Military Assistance Command in Vietnam, confer as they look at a map. The officers point at the map. Another U.S. Army major reads from a document as he points. (Vietnam War period).
Component of U.S. Military Assistance Command Vietnam, 2nd Field Forces, 199th Light Infantry Brigade in fight with Vietcong. F-4 Phantom jets in far distance drop napalm. Explosions on ground. F-4 drops napalm. Explosion in woods. Military trucks and other vehicles parked in the foreground. Huge clouds of smoke rise from explosion. UH-1 helicopter on ground ridden with bullet holes. Wounded and dead Vietcong fighters on the ground. One of them is sitting up, a seemingly uninjured prisoner of war. (Vietnam War period).
Component of U.S. Military Assistance Command Vietnam, 2nd Field Forces in fight with Vietcong. Helicopter in flight. Post area shows barbed wire fences. Soldiers seated around jeep. Soldiers behind sand bags and bunker during attack. Helicopter flies overhead. Shack burns. Barbed wire, smoke moves in the background. Smoke rises up from woods. Damaged vehicles in motor pool. (Vietnam War period).
Covers operation 'Gadsen' in Vietnam. Search and destroy mission by elements of First Brigade, 25th Infantry Division. Troops search captured Viet Cong hospital complex in heavy jungle. Troops inspect captured material. They set hut on fire. (Vietnam War period).
Covers operation 'Gadsen' in Vietnam. Search and destroy mission by elements of First Brigade, 25th Infantry Division. Armored Personnel Carrier moves through underbrush followed by troops. Troops check hideout. Soldiers check papers they find in the way. (Vietnam War period).