In the morining, Ho Chi Minh rises and Ho Chi Minh comes down a wooden ladder, from upper floor of rustic shelter. he puts on shoes and joins his soldiers in morning exercise and a game of volleyball. He reads documents in his jungle office and types correspondence. A bamboo fencing with trees in the background. A pigeon on the ground. (Timeframe is near end of French Indochina War.)
Aerial view of fields from aircraft in flight. Napalm burst on a building shows flames from explosion.
Views from tail camera of a USAF A-1E aircraft strafing enemy targets at low altitude amidst groves of coconut trees. White smoke rising from the ground, behind the aircraft. The A-1E is flying at tree-top level. Simple structures are seen, occasionally, amongst the trees. Exploding White phosphorus bombs and fires erupting from napalm, seen in the wake of the aircraft. More huts seen as the aircraft exits the coconut plantation and passes over a river bank. Fires burning in the background. The A-1E climbs out over the river. (Note: The A1E aircraft on this mission is believed to be from the 1st Air Commando Squadron, operating out of Bien Hoa Air Base.)
Cam Ranh Bay Air Base mess facilities exterior shots show airmen dipping mess plates into hot boiling water. Men also dump food into garbage cans and scrub mess gear. A sign reads 'Dining Hall number 1' and 'Please Sterilize Mess Gear before using'.
Operation Ranch Hand defoliant missions. Aerial views of U.S. Air Force UC-123B Provider aircraft spraying Agent Orange defoliant over jungle. Views from cockpit of U.S. Air Force F-100F Super Sabre. Close view of F-100 from the 615th Tactical Fighter Squadron, Phan Rang Air Base, in flight.
Two United States Navy SEAL patrol members study a map while sitting by an open hatch of a helicopter. Behind them is a SEAL mans a machine gun in hatch. Aerial view of jungle growth and swampy water in the Rung Sat area of the Mekong Delta. Aerial view of the Rung Sat River and the Nha Be Navy Base. Camera pans to show aerial view of barges where Navy SEALS do fitness training. Aerial view of Nha Be Navy Base buildings.