Activities of the United States Army 1st Battalion, 22nd Infantry, 4th Infantry Division soldiers during Operation Francis Marion in the Central Highlands in Pleiku area, South Vietnam. Soldiers walk with a sick soldier in the jungle during the Vietnam War. United States Army UH-1D Iroquois helicopter in flight in the far background. The helicopter lands for evacuation of sick soldiers. Sick soldier having malaria is led to the helicopter. He is helped aboard the helicopter and takes off.
Activities of the United States Army 1st Battalion, 22nd Infantry, 4th Infantry Division soldiers during Operation Francis Marion in the Central Highlands in Pleiku area, South Vietnam. Current flows through jungle foliage during the Vietnam War. Soldiers relax in the jungle. They use machetes to clear dense jungle for camp site. Claymore mine at a tree stump.
Facilities of the 6th convalescent center in Vietnam during the Vietnam War. Dentist works on a patient's teeth. Soldier technicians work in a dental laboratory. They examine teeth samples.
Facilities of the 6th convalescent center in Vietnam during the Vietnam War. Wounded, recuperating soldiers seated at desks in a hall. Band performs in front of the patients. Men play guitar and sing for the patients. Hands playing a piano. A patient smokes a cigarette.
Opening slate identifies location as Cambodia, FSB Bronco, June 20, 1970. U.S. army gun crew of 1st Battalion, 30th Field Artillery Regiment are seen stripped to the waist, standing by their 155mm howitzer, listening to an officer at Fire Base Bronco, during the Cambodian incursion of the Vietnam War. After the officer leaves, they begin loading and firing their gun. Some hold their ears as the gun fires. Scene shifts to ammunition dump where gunners pick up more shells and bring them to the gun site. The crew begins firing again. Their officer is present and communicates by wireless phone. View of the fire support base, itself. Closeup of gunner making aiming adjustments.
U.S. invasion of Iwo Jima during World War 2. A sailor eats a sandwich. U.S. Landing ship Infantry (LSI) No. 1029, firing rockets at the shore of Iwo Jima. Change of scene to aboard ship further from shore. Mount Suribachi visible in background. Other ships closer to shore. A U.S. Destroyer off the shore. A line of armed landing craft approaching Iwo Jima, headed by LCI-717. Views and closeup of USS Brule (APA-66) . Attack transports USS Cape Johnson (AP-172) and USS Fond du Lac (APA-644). the Destroyer Escort, USS Vammen (DE-644). The camouflaged Light Cruiser, USS Vicksburg (DL-86) bombarding the coast of Iwo Jima with 5 inch and 6 inch guns. A landing craft infantry approaching the shore, firing rockets. Large explosions in the water at a distance. USS LCI-65 returning from the shore. (Note: The ship at the 1:07 - 1:18 sec mark is a Pensacola class heavy cruiser and the ship at the 2:11 - 2:40 sec mark is the battleship USS North Carolina BB 55.)
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