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U.S. Air Force Military Airlift Operations in 1968 during the Vietnam War, and during 1976 border tensions in Korea
View from a U.S. Marine bunker as enemy shell explodes nearby, during the siege of Khe Sanh in 1968 during the Vietnam War. The United States Marines in the Battle of Khe Sanh firing mortars and a 105mm howitzer from their bunker. Enemy shells exploding on the tarmac, where American Air Force C-130 aircraft are parked. Marines rushing wounded comrades on stretchers, to C-130s for evacuation. Scene shifts to U.S. Marine Corps Lieutenant Colonel James P. Sheehan, standing at Camp Pendleton, California. (He was a company commander in the siege at Khe Sanh.) As he describes the C-130 aircraft support operations, a contingent of marines marches past, behind him. Scene shifts to a civilian narrator standing in the Military Airlift Command (MAC) Headquarters Command Center at Scott Air Force Base, Illinois. Among other things, he describes MAC support to the Tactical Air Command in Korea. Camera focuses on MAC air routes in the vicinity of the Philippines, Japan, and Korea. Next, is seen view of airfield at Mountain Home Air Force Base, Idaho, briefly at sunset, and then at night, as pilots of the 366th Tactical Fighter Wing and their F-111 aircraft prepare to depart for Korea, in response to border tensions, in August, 1976, after North Korean forces killed two American officers ("Korean Axe Murder Incident" and resulting "Operation Paul Bunyan"). Ground crewman directs a taxiing F-111 using lighted wands. The F-111s takes off. One of them is seen landing after the 7 thousand mile flight to Korea, as Major Paul Malandrino,Jr. (unseen) of the 366th Wing, speaks about MAC's airlift support. A C-141 MAC aircraft is seen landing. View of a C-141 with tail doors open and its cargo of military equipment on the ramp behind it. Glimpse of a marine with rifle and earphones, guarding equipment on the airfield ramp. Closeups of F-111 aircraft taking off.
United States troops watch attacks made by A1-H aircraft in flight over enemy positions at Tan Son Nhut Air Base, Vietnam.
U.S. troops lay prone on ground next to runway with M-16 rifles during attack of Tan Son Nhut Air Base, Vietnam. One soldier crouches behind soldiers lying on ground. Troops wait for an attack. Soldier takes aim. Tank moves fast at Tan Son Nhut, kicking up dust. Open field, smoke rises from the distant background. C-123 aircraft in flight overhead. Air Force personnel with M-16 rifles pass on runway. Bodies of dead Vietcong along the edge of runway. B-40 rocket on ground. Troops around trucks and trailers. A1-H aircraft bombing enemy. Clouds of smoke rise in the far background from bomb hit. Smoke rises from building in the background. UH-46D helicopter flies by in the background with supplies hanging from sling. Fireball rises up from explosions. (Vietnam War period).
Men of 5th Battalion 12th Infantry 199th Light Infantry Brigade read Christmas mail and open packages at a fire base, Vietnam.
U.S. soldiers of 5th Battalion, 12th Infantry, 199th Light Infantry Brigade in Vietnam. The soldiers receive their Christmas mail and packages. They disperse and walk to a bunker which has a decorated Christmas tree on the top of sandbags. An M113 Armored Personnel Carrier passes by. A soldier sits on the sandbags. He opens and reads a Christmas card. Then he opens packages. Other soldiers open packages. An African American soldier smiles and shakes two packages trying to guess what is inside. The Christmas tree on the sandbags of a bunker. (Vietnam War period).
U.S. Marines in action during Vietnam war and training at Camp Camp Pendleton, Calfornia
U.S. Marines in action in the Northern Provinces of South Vietnam, near the DMZ. They are seen in full combat gear, carrying small arms, including recoilless weapons, as they move across green fields where smoke is rising. Next, they are seen spread out and moving across muddy rice paddies. A U.S.jet fighter streaks across a shoreline at low altitude. Views from a Marine jet fighter bomber dropping bombs on Viet Cong targets from low altitude. Explosions on the ground are seen from behind the aircraft as it passes. Brief view from ground of bomb striking and black smoke rising. Closeup (in 1969) of two McDonnell Douglas F-4 Phantoms from U.S. Marine Fighter Attack Squadron 232 (with Red devil insignia on their tails) flying in tight formation. View of pilot in front cockpit an F-4. Aerial view from below of the pair of F-4s. Closeup view from below, as an F-4 releases ordnance in flight. A huge explosion fills the screen as film title slate appeared reading: "Counterpunch." (narrated by Jack Webb). Sign at Marine Corps Air Station, El Toro, California, is shown. Marine sentry at entrance checks identifications of persons arriving at the gatehouse. Marines seen firing mortars, during training. A C-47 transport airplane airdrops supplies to Marines on the ground. Marines in jeeps drive across sand where a bulldozer is working on an airfield under construction. Front view glimpse of a Douglas A-4 Skyhawk aircraft taking off. A pair of Marine Boeing CH-46 Sea Knight helicopters in flight. Group of U.S. Marine Corps officers looking over a model of terrain while being briefed by a Lieutenant Colonel during training "Operation Alligator Hide" in 1967, at the White Beach Marine Corps Base Camp Pendleton in California. Closeup of the detailed mockup of the terrain. Another officer briefs about the use of F-4 and A-4 aircraft support prior to a helicopter assault. Bombs exploding near a bridge. Marines using small 4-wheeled self-propelled open vehicles as they move along a hillside during the exercise. A Captain at a field command post states he will mark a target with white phosphorus (Willy Pete). A tank is seen maneuvering. Pilot is seen responding from cockpit of an A-4 Skyhawk aircraft. An M48A3 Medium Tank is seen on the ground and two F-4s of Squadron 232 in the air. The tank crew fires a white phosphorus round into the hillside, where it generates white smoke. An F-4 is seen flying low toward the area and a bomb explodes on the marked target. Amphibious training is seen, with Marines charging a beach from a landing craft; a tank wading ashore; Marines hit the beach from an LVTP-5 (Landing Vehicle, Tracked, Personnel); Fighter bomber dropping a bomb from offshore; glimpse of Douglas A-4 Skyhawk.
Welcome sign at Phu Cat Base Operations building of United States Air Force,Vietnam
Welcome sign at Phu Cat Base Operations building of United States Air Force. United States Air Force airman stands on guard. Red pickup truck passes by the building. Two palm trees at the side of BAse Operation building. (Vietnam War period).
U.S. troopers search a suspected Vietcong and take him to other U.S. and Vietnamese officials, Tan Son Nhut Air Base, Vietnam.
U.S. trooper searches a suspected Vietcong at side of large quonset hut. Two troopers guard the third trooper searching suspected Vietcong. Suspected Vietcong moved off by troopers. Suspect placed in jeep. Suspect in jeep with hands held behind head, man at the back of jeep covers him. Jeep pulls away and passes many supplies at Tan Son Entrance Air Force Base. Jeep stopped at curb. Sentry guards suspect. Suspect stands alongside building. Officers come out of doorway in the background, including a Vietnamese officer. Sentry speaks with U.S. official. Vietnamese officer checks suspect. Suspect lead away by group of officials. (Vietnam War period).
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