Troops from unit D/3/7 of the U.S. 199th Light Infantry Brigade, patrol streets in the Cholon district of Saigon, Vietnam. Local people go about ordinary activities. A man carrying a white flag containing a red cross, emerges from an alley, leading several others carrying a red coffin. A man on a Honda motor scooter drives past. A woman sits on the back of the scooter. A man rides past on a three wheel pedicab, with baggage loaded in passenger seat, as the funeral cortege enters the street. The U.S. Army patrol continues along a dirt road. Closeup of one of the soldiers with full field pack. Commander of the unit, 1st Lieutenant Jim Gentile, stops and gives directions, pointing with his hands. Seen next, in quick succession are Dewey Edwards (from the Baltimore MD area) and then Bob Cheatham, carrying an M79 grenade launcher and wearing a belt of ammunition over his shoulder. lieutenant Gentile on a radiophone, and then leading soldiers into a house. Infantryman Bob Cheatham and others searching the house for evidence of Viet Cong. Two soldiers comparing notes as they look over detailed maps. Soldiers walking in outdoor storage areas and past a group of Vietnamese working in a yard filled with large stone blocks. U.S. Soldiers in front of a French-style concrete house. (Vietnam War period).
Black Virgin Mountain signal site near Lai Khe in South Vietnam. Signal site atop the mountain with bunkers, buildings and antennas. A U.S. 1st Infantry Division guard soldier with rifle alert on roof of the sandbagged bunker. Other soldiers keep an eye, alert with their rifles on top of the sandbagged bunkers. (Vietnam War period).
The Fire Support base of the United States Army in Normandy 1, southeast of Lai Khe, South Vietnam. Tents and bunkers covered by the sandbags at the camp. A soldier walks out of a bunker with some strategic documents. 81 mm mortar launcher at the sandbagged emplacement. Soldiers fire 105 mm Howitzer. Soldiers stand around the shells of the Howitzer. 'Bad Breath' written on barrel of the Howitzer. A soldier baths in outdoor underneath a makeshift shower. (Vietnam War period).
The 1st Australian task force moves through bushes in South Vietnam. Australian soldiers walk through forest fire area and try to extinguish fire. They cross grassy field and move up hill. View of forest fires at night. (Vietnam War period).
Smoke rises from forest fires in South Vietnam. The 1st Australian task force takes their positions and fire artillery. Australian soldiers fire rifles, M-79 grenade launchers and an M-72 Law during Operation Pinnaroo. Explosions on the ground. (Vietnam War period).
The activities of U.S. troops during the Tet Offensive in Vietnam. Three U.S. troopers crouch in the foreground outside a building. A tank turns around in a driveway. A fence covered with foliage. Buildings in the foreground. Troopers run carrying M-16s. A man runs with a bazooka on his shoulder. Two troopers come up in the foreground carrying rockets for bazooka. A medium tank approaches and turns to stop on a driveway. One man on the tank talks over phones. A mechanical mule being driven over a roadway past damaged buildings. Another mechanical mule approaches with supplies. Destroyed buildings and field. Rubble on ground. Men with M-16s. A man sitting on a parked mechanical mule. Damaged buildings in background. Troopers run forward looking for the enemy. Mechanical mules pass on the littered street. Troopers walk ahead of the mechanical mules. A mechanical mule with men aboard moving over a littered street. One man sitting on the vehicle holding head in hands. Troopers walk through rubble of buildings holding M-1 carbine. Pock-marked buildings, damaged by rifle and shell fire. (Vietnam War period).