United States 1st Infantry Division soldiers place Claymore mines in Vietnam. One of the soldiers pulls wire from Claymore mine. 1st Infantry Division soldiers position mines and move backwards. Mine placed on ground. Soldier places another mine on the ground. Claymore mine placed on tree bark and camouflaged with dry leaves. (Note: These scenes are from a U.S. Army training film called Perimeter Defense.) (Vietnam War period).
Aerial views of Ho Chin Minh Trail near Pleiku Air Force Base in Vietnam. Numerous bomb crates on and around the Trail. Deserted areas amidst rows of trees indicate areas hit by bombs during the Vietnam War.
Component of U.S. Military Assistance Command Vietnam, 2nd Field Forces, 199th Light Infantry Brigade in fight with Vietcong. F-4 Phantom jets in far distance drop napalm. Explosions on ground. F-4 drops napalm. Explosion in woods. Military trucks and other vehicles parked in the foreground. Huge clouds of smoke rise from explosion. UH-1 helicopter on ground ridden with bullet holes. Wounded and dead Vietcong fighters on the ground. One of them is sitting up, a seemingly uninjured prisoner of war. (Vietnam War period).
Component of U.S. Military Assistance Command Vietnam, 2nd Field Forces in fight with Vietcong. Helicopter in flight. Post area shows barbed wire fences. Soldiers seated around jeep. Soldiers behind sand bags and bunker during attack. Helicopter flies overhead. Shack burns. Barbed wire, smoke moves in the background. Smoke rises up from woods. Damaged vehicles in motor pool. (Vietnam War period).
Vietcong Tet Offensive underway in Saigon, Vietnam during Vietnam War. A burned out truck on a narrow street in Saigon. U.S. Army soldiers duck for cover behind the wrecked truck. Trees on either side of the street. A U.S. soldier who is badly burned and wounded is being treated by other soldiers on the street. He is placed on a stretcher and then into an ambulance for evacuation. Another wounded soldier is placed on a litter. American soldiers and military police at the roadside. They hold rifles.
Operation Game Warden in Mekong Delta, Republic of Vietnam. United States UH-1B helicopter lifts off for a strike at night. Running lights of the copter seen. Flares burn in the sky. Rockets and gun tracers head towards Viet Cong targets during the night strike. (Vietnam War period).