Opening scene shows wooden buildings at the Reliable Academy in Dong Tam, Vietnam, where the U.S. Ninth Infantry Division has established an NCO training facility.One building is designated "classroom 4" and displays the name of an instructor. Inside, members of the 9th Division Band play musical selections for the occasion. Closeup of the 9th Infantry Division band base drum and drummer, followed by another view of the band members playing. Next, all present rise to hear remarks from Brigadier General Frank Gunn, Deputy Commander of the 9th Infantry Division.
Service clubs at Special Services area of Dong Tam, Vietnam. Board of Special Services. Outer view of EM club, NCO club,craft shop and their sign boards. Chart on the board about the photography class.
Dong Tam ship yard with landing crafts at the dock. Assault patrol at the dock. LCM Mechanized landing craft leaves the dock. Air Traffic Control (ATC) at pier. Patrol boat crosses ship yard. LCM passes. ATC with helicopter landing pads. Sailor works on the patrol boat. Pile driver at the shore. Vietnamese workers weld steel shoring.
Aerial view from helicopter flying over delta region ot the Mekong River in South Vietnam during the Vietnam war. The Dredge, "New Jersey" is seen operating in the river where it is increasing depth for a harbor turning basin that can accommodate larger ships, and pumping spoils, as land fill, to the shore. The chopper moves inland showing where dredging spoils have been deposited, near quonset huts of the base. Aerial views continue over such areas and then over the main base, itself. showing buildings, motor pool, and other features. (Note: Silent except for some wild sound of helicopter, at times.)
Sign at Headquarters, U.S. Army, 2nd Brigade, 9th Infantry Division, in Dong Tam, Vietnam, during the Vietnam War. View of U.S. and Vietnamese Army vehicles moving about on dry dusty roads at the base. Brief view of the base's Brown Water Navy Riverine waterfront with two armored troop carrier boats, flying American flags, tied up at the dock.
U.S. "Brown Water Navy" men gather around a military hovercraft, aka Patrol Air Cushion Vehicle (PACV), at Dong Tam Base Camp, South Vietnam, during the Vietnam War. The engine is running and one of the men is making adjustments to it. (Images end at TC:00:25. Remainder is wild sound only.)