Students in karate class at attention. They stand in formation salute the Korean instructor at Chan Tho Training base in South Vietnam. Korean instructor gives a command to the class. Men break up from the class and run. Two students in karate uniform walk along a walkway. Popular Forces troops march in the compound. Small group of men walk in karate uniforms. A white square stone monument which reads 'To Quoc' and 'DHAN-EU'. The troops march to eat with mess kits in their hands. (Vietnam War period).
United States aircraft in flight for an air strike, South Vietnam. U.S. F8E Crusader in flight low fires a rocket. Plane pulls up from the target area. It banks off to left and moves on the run. It moves for attack at Tay Ninh. A rocket fired and explodes on the ground. Plane in flight banks off to its right on its attack on the Viet Cong Concentration. A rocket explodes in a patch of woods. Plane over a jungle. It banks in and strafes the area. Smoke rises from the target area. (Vietnam War period).
Activities of the United States Special Forces in South Vietnam during the Vietnam War. Sargent Arthur C. Juniewicz of U.S. Special Forces gives candies to Montagnards children in a South Vietnamese village. Women also get candies from the Sargent. Child tied to a mothers back receives candy. Families of Montagnards in training. Sargent throws candies at a distance. An old Vietnamese woman with a large hole in her ear lobe. Sargent Juniewicz drives away in a jeep.
Activities of the Vietnamese Special Forces in South Vietnam during the Vietnam War. Vietnamese Special Forces soldiers cut bamboo sticks with a large blade. Bamboo sticks being split into two by soldiers. Bamboo strips being interwoven as they construct the side of a barrack. Bamboo poles being split into two.
U.S. 3rd Brigade, 82nd Airborne Division operations at Phu Bai Combat Base near Hue, Vietnam. Film begins showing a sign for the 85th Evacuation Hospital, with its motto, "Miracularum Laborantes" that the hospital staff translated as "Miracle Workers." Next a jeep is seen driving out of the hospital compound. It has the name "Fearless Fly" stenciled beneath its windshield. In the background hospital enlisted quarters can be seen. The jeep stops leaving the compound before joining traffic headed North on Highway !, where it passes a building on the left reportedly converted into basketball and volleyball courts. Considerable traffic is seen in both directions on the road, including trucks carrying various army cargo and personnel. A Vietnamese couple is seen riding together on a motorbike. An army flat bed truck drives next to an area with many buildings and a red and white checkered water tank. The camera focuses on a sign at the entrance to that road which points to: "528th QM Co Package POL Yard & filling station." The camera then pans across an open field showing buildings in the distance. Change of scene shows a fenced compound with buildings and a parked truck inside. (Vietnam War period).
U.S. 82nd Airborne Division operations at Phu Bai Combat Base near Hue, Vietnam. Sign reads 'Liftmaster Pad'. U.S. Army CH-47 Chinooks parked in revetments at a helipad. Helipad control tower. Chinooks in revetments (Vietnam War period).