Soldiers of the 40th Signal Battalion on telephone pole work with telephone lines. Soldiers pull the telephone cable along roadside. Soldiers at pole, fix telephone lines. Soldiers on ground hold the line attached with pole. Few soldiers walk away from pole. (Vietnam War period).
Scenes of Vietnamese people as they flee Hue during communist siege of the city in 1968 Tet offensive during the Vietnam War. Refugees with belongings run as city is bombed. Houses burned. Woman cries after crossing remains of a destroyed bridge over river. Scenes changes to one year later: Long line of Vietnamese on way to newly discovered mass grave on March 25, 1969. Vietnamese civilians dig and on March 27, 1969 they begin to uncover bodies in the sand which show signs of torture. Locals try to identify dead. Second mass grave uncovered. Dead bodies and body parts. Third mass burial uncovered. Men at local authorities meeting. Assembly point for hundreds of coffins. Incense burning. Mourners at coffin. Coffin opened and woman looks at remains. Flowers and incense burning on coffins. Buddhist ceremonies shows coffins prepared for procession. Women grieve. Shrine at cemetery.
Exteriors of Vietnamese First Signal Brigade headquarters are seen. Sign board of the headquarter in front of the buildings. U.S. military vehicles parked outside the building. U.S. soldiers move around the vehicles. An army jeep moves with high speed on the road . (Vietnam War period).
American MCB-10 Seabee soldier replaces bulb in deck runway light after examining it at Camp Shields in Chu Lai. Man puts in new bulb and then replaces cover plate. Blast fence for jet turn-up built by MCB-10 group. View of an old blast fence that was used for jet turn-up earlier. (Vietnam War period).
View of Camp Shields. Supply office tent and disbursing tent. Lone Seabee walks by. View of Barber shop. Sign over door reads 'The Butcher Shop' and the sign below it reads 'Wait Outside'. Disbursing Office tent and protective wiring on side of tent. MCB-10 Delta Company Office. Front entrance to Dental office. View of medical department in compound. MCB-10 embarkation office and photo lab. U.S. soldier leaving tent. View of MCB-10 operations office. Seabee leaving the operations office. (Vietnam War period).
Seabee soldiers around around a cage like structure. Malaysian Honey Bear cub, mascot of MCB-10, frolics with Seabees. The bear cub is fed by the Seabees. The bear cub comes out of opening and stands on hind legs as a seabee feed it. The small black bear cub sits and is fed by a seabee. Bear frolics on sand. Bear turns and somersaults. Bear stands on hind feet. Bear runs up a sandy hill to a machine gun emplacement. Bear climbs down emplacement over sand, turns around and climbs back up. Seabee plays with bear on the hill. (Vietnam War period).