A newly developed Allied weapon airboat underway in water, Vietnam. Driven by airplane propellers it can operate on only four inches of water. Vietnamese soldiers on board the airboat.
Lieutenant Colonel John C. Hughes Commander of United States 52nd Aviation in Vietnam. Lieutenant Colonel Hughes and crew chief look at a map with United States UH-1B helicopter in the background. A Sergeant checks a M-60 machine gun. UH-1 B helicopters lined up at Ban Me Thout airstrip. UH-1Bs take off from the airstrip. A Sergeant on alert with a gun in an airborne helicopter.
Aerials of jungle area in Vietnam. Bomb explosion results in smoke clouds. Plane overhead drops M-117 bombs. Bombs explode.
The men of the 2nd Field Forces, 199th Light Infantry Brigade and 552 MP Co came under fire from Vietcong rockets and mortars. Mess of rags, striped poles, grenades, bags and knapsacks. View of dead Vietcong. Upper part of dead body. Upper part of another dead body. Dead body of Vietcong with smashed skull. A leg on ground. Two dead bodies. (Vietnam War period).
Men of the 2nd Field Forces, 199th Light Infantry Brigade and 552 MP Co under Vietcong attack. APC (Armored Personnel Carrier) on road. A few soldiers walk on field. Helicopter flies over wires and poles. Wood shacks in area. A few soldiers run. Smoke in the background. Bunker in the foreground. Flat area with barbed wire. A wooden building in area. A soldier gets hit, crawls and tries to get up. Two men lean against jeep. Two men lean against jeep. (Vietnam War period).
Search and destroy mission by elements of First Brigade, 25th Infantry Division. Armored personnel carrier with troops and sand bags moves through swampy jungle. Officer talks to his men in jungle. Troops leave the place after they get instructions. (Vietnam War period).
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