United States soldiers in Vietnam during the Vietnam War. The soldiers change their currency to military payment certificates (MPC). They stand in a line and exchange the currency one after the other. A soldier receives MPC and walks off. Another soldier with glasses signs on a paper after receiving the MPC. U.S. soldiers stand in front of a building. The soldiers walk in a line to the orientation building . Smoke rises in the background. They climb up the stairs of orientation building. A sign reads '18th Repl Orientation Building'. U.S. recruit Richard Gillispie and others being issued field gear. They exit from the building carrying barracks bags.
U.S. troops in Vietnam during the Vietnam War. A box of toothbrushes and toothpastes. Soldiers pick up brushes and pastes one after the other. The soldiers stand in an open area. U.S. recruit Richard Gillispie puts toothpaste on a brush and brushes his teeth. The soldiers stand in front of their barracks bags. They collect keys from a counter. A soldier smokes. They pick up barracks bags and walk to their billets. A soldier with a cigarette in his mouth and bags on his shoulder walks towards a billet. The soldiers enter their billets.
U.S. troops in Vietnam during the Vietnam War. Soldiers assemble in formations for roll call. U.S. recruit Richard Gillispie in a formation. A non commissioned officer ( NCO ) calls out unit assignments. A loudspeaker on a pole. A sign reads 'Qui Nhon'. The soldiers attend the roll call.
U.S. soldiers get off from a truck at 199th Infantry Brigade base camp in Vietnam during the Vietnam War. The soldiers carry barracks bags and board a 2 ½ ton military truck. A soldier carrying a barracks bag moves towards the truck. Other soldiers sit on barracks bags in the background. Military trucks en route to 199th Infantry Brigade base camp. Other vehicles move on the road. Trees and building in the foreground. U.S. soldiers look out from the trucks. The trucks enter the camp and the soldiers get off.
A training film titled 'Gas and Gas Mask' shows how lethal gas is disseminated from gas cylinders and artillery shells in Europe by Germany during World War 1. German soldiers wearing gas masks move out from a trench through a screen of smoke or gas.The soldiers in prone positions advance through poisonous gas smoke and carry square shields. American forces demonstrate use of liquid fire (flame thrower) like that used by German troops to spray liquid fire in the trenches. Condensed gas in a cylinder. The cylinder lying on the ground in a horizontal position. A U.S. Army soldier wearing a gas mask opens the knob of the cylinder. The gas comes out. A gas cloud is formed and moves in the direction of the wind. A soldier holds a German gas shell. A large number of gas shells are exploded. A U.S. soldier demonstrates two different forms of gas masks. The first is a basic scarf which holds a small pad of cotton soaked in soda solution. He puts on the scarf mask. Next he puts on a more advanced "Gas helmet" (early gas mask).
A World War 1 training film shows how to carry and don a gas mask. A U.S. soldier stands at attention. He carries a mask in a satchel. The satchel is slung over the shoulder of a soldier. He shows the satchel. He turns. The soldier demonstrates the way to carry the satchel in trenches. The satchel is slung around his neck. He opens the satchel, takes out a string and ties it around. He opens the satchel and takes out the mask . He puts his chin forward and wears it.
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