173rd Assault Helicopter Company (Robin Hoods) prepares for patrol over the jungles in Lai Khe, South Vietnam. Pilots inside the cockpit checks controls inside it. Insignia of shark jaws on the nose of the helicopter. Other helicopters lined near the tents by the side of mud ground. Small fire on ground burning adjacent to a helicopter. Background audio includes wild track sounds of the unit's squad radio communications between pilots and command.
An aircraft flies over tress as it prepares to land at Tom le Chom airstrip in Vietnam. Broken branches of trees lie on the ground as the plane approaches the airstrip. Plane lands using at an airstrip filled with water puddles and runs over it.
United States Navy patrol boats (Swift Boats) at Nha Trang Harbor in Vietnam. A sailor unties lines from the dock. A Swift Boat pull away. The boat leave the harbor. A United States flag flying on the boat. Buildings on hills in the background. Sailors aboard the patrol boat. A sailor uncovers a 50 caliber machine gun. The Swift Boat underway.
Riverine Operation in the Vinh Te Canal, Vietnam. A side of the canal as seen from a PBR (Patrol Boat River). Point of view shot from fast moving PBR. The PBR moves at a high speed. Ennis, a Salvage Mechanic First Class, is the PBR patrol officer. A part of the canal seen in the background. The hands of Ennis on a wheel. The port bow of the PBR speeds along the edge of the canal at high speeds. Water sprays on the port bow. Canal embankment as seen from the speeding PBR. The craft keeps away from the center of the canal. Trees line the canal bank. The PBR cruises at a high speed along the edge of the canal. A cluster of trees in the foreground. The PBR speeds down the center of the canal. It zig zags down the canal. A patrol officer looks at a map while holding a conference with a Vietnamese Commander on the bank of the canal. The commander points to an area on the map. He talks to the patrol officer. Village children in the background.
Riverine Operation in the Vinh Te Canal, Vietnam. A Vietnamese Commander talks to a patrol officer. Village children in the background. Canned goods being presented to the Vietnamese Commander by Ennis, a PBR patrol officer. Three cans of wax beans are presented. A group huddles around a straw hut. Officers and crewmen depart the conference site. Men walk around PBRs (Patrol Boat River). Ennis jumps on the bow of a PBR from the canal embankment. Another man gets aboard. Ennis walks down the deck of the PBR. Two PBRs nested together. Children stand near the straw hut. Ennis and crewmen wave at the children. An American flag seen. The children wave back.
USS Coral Sea underway in the Gulf of Tonkin during the Vietnam War. USS Coral Sea, an aircraft carrier underway in the Gulf of Tonkin. USS Coral Sea underway in a port turn. Smoke comes out of the stack of the aircraft carrier. U.S. Navy KA-3B aircraft being launched from the deck of the aircraft carrier. Another KA-3B aircraft being launched from the aircraft carrier. U.S. Navy A-4E aircraft taxis and takes off from the catapult. U.S. Navy F-4B aircraft taxis and takes off from the carrier.