The film covers missions of U.S. Army UH-1B Iroquois helicopters equipped with 7.62 mm mini guns and 2.75 inch target spotting rockets in Nha Trang, Vietnam during the Vietnam War. A UH-1B helicopter makes a low pass over a jungle. A mini gun being fired from the helicopter in flight. The helicopter fires rockets. Smoke rises from explosions on the ground.
A U.S. Army helicopter strikes Vietcong targets near Soc Trang, Vietnam during the Vietnam War. Interiors of a U.S. Army UH-1B Iroquois helicopter as it takes off and gains altitude. A waist gunner holds an M-60 machine gun and fires from the waist hatch of the helicopter. Smoke rises as rocket hits are made on the ground. Twin machine guns fire from the area of the waist hatch. One of the waist gunner fires his machine gun and empty shells fall out. The UH-1B flies low over a terrain. Instrument panel of the helicopter. A UH-1B in flight as seen from another UH-1B.
United States 4th Infantry Division change of Command ceremony at camp Enari in Pleiku, South Vietnam during the Vietnam War. A large number of soldiers of the 4th Infantry Division lined up on a field. Soldiers salute. Major General William R. Peers and General Charles P. stone in a jeep as they troop the line. Color guard lined up as jeep moves past them. A Military Police officer. Jeep stops and officers at the review stand. Color guard moves ahead. General William C. Westmoreland pins up a medal onto General Peers.
United States 4th Infantry Division change of Command ceremony at camp Enari in Pleiku, South Vietnam during the Vietnam War. A large number of soldiers of the 4th Infantry Division lined up on a field. Color Guard at the ceremony. Flags on a stand. Soldiers of 4th Infantry Division march. Band at the parade. Soldiers march past the review stand. Color guard marches past the review stand. Major General William R Peers talks to soldiers and shakes hands with them after the change of command. Major General Peers in a jeep as it drives away. A bulldozer on a road.
Life of natives in a village in Pleiku, Vietnam during the Vietnam War. A sign in Vietnamese reads ' Plei Chi' the huts of Montagnard village. Children outside the hut as a Montagnard walks out of the hut and sits with children. A girl mills banana leaves. A villager carries empty ammo cases. Villagers gathered near a well which is under construction. A man comes out of the well. Dirt being brought up in a can.
Life of natives in a village in Pleiku, Vietnam during the Vietnam War. A fish pond under construction. A native at the bank of the pond. United States 4th Infantry Division soldier talks to the native. A Montagnard family bunker. Mouth of the bunker.