U.S. troops arriving in Vietnam undergo processing by the 90th Replacement Battalion. Scene opens showing buses carrying newly arriving U.S. soldiers from the Ben Hoa airbase, to the depot of the 90th Replacement Battalion,near Long Binh, Vietnam. The buses make their way along dirt roads at the base. Various types of shelters, including tents and buildings of light construction are seen. The soldiers leave the buses, carrying personal belongings and manila folders with documents. As the buses pull away, signs in Vietnamese are seen on their sides. Next, the newly arrived soldiers are seen gathered in an open field. Some smoke cigarettes. There appears to be a chapel building in the background. Some soldiers see the camera behind them and wave toward it. A briefer is addressing them from a stand in front of a low building. Next, soldiers are seen entering a building where sign is posted reading: "OFF LIMITS, unless you are processing." (Vietnam War period).
United States ambassador to South Vietnam Maxwell D. Taylor along with other officials and medical staff tours 8th field hospital in Nha Trang, South Vietnam. He speaks with a United States Army nurse. Taylor and other officials leave headquarters of Nha Trang province chief. Luman and others tour the Nha Trang market place. Taylor and party enter and leave the Vietnamese American Association building. (Vietnam War period).
United States Army CH-21 helicopter of 121st Aviation Company (AML), (formerly the 93rd Transportation Company - Light Helicopter) based in Soc Trang, Vietnam. It flies over trees and rice paddy fields in Vietnam as the crew chief stands at the doorway of the helicopter. It approaches Soc Trang air base as other helicopters are also seen parked at the base. (Vietnam War period).
Flood relief operations being carried on in Vietnam food being distributed to people rendered homeless due to heavy monsoon rains causing floods in Mekong delta. Vietnamese men carrying rifles outside a building. Vietnamese people stand under a tree with a few boys perched on the tree. People receive food bags from the soldiers. People carry them away on their heads and shoulders. People leave in a jitney bus after receiving their food supplies in Kien Thanh, Vietnam. (Vietnam War period).
Bombardment of target areas by U.S. AirForce A-1E aircraft around Bien Hoa in Vietnam during Vietnam War . Aerial views of trees on both sides of a canal, 6 miles Southwest of Bien Hoa Province in Vietnam. General-purpose bomb being dropped on the area by a U.S. A-1E aircraft. Smoke from the blast fills the air. Napalm bombs dropped on a few target areas causes white smoke to rise. A White Phosphorus bomb dropped in another area. The flares and smoke from the blast arise. Green fields in an area. The U.S. Air Force A-1E aircraft in flight.
U.S. 9th Infantry Division, 3rd Brigade troops in Ben Luc, Vietnam during the Vietnam War. Two soldiers in the cockpit of an air-cushion vehicle (ACV). Soldiers push the air-cushion vehicle and turn it around. The air-cushion vehicle moves on land. Soldiers with M16 rifles and M60 machine guns board the air-cushion vehicle. The air-cushion vehicle moves over land and onto water. The soldiers cover their eyes as the air-cushion vehicle moves on water. A river and a shoreline. (Note: The Navy version of this vehicle was called a Patrol Air Cushion Vehicle or PACV. Only 3 were employed by the Navy and, likewise, only 3 by the Army in the Vietnam war.)