The activities of U.S. troops during the Tet Offensive in Vietnam. Troopers around a mechanical mule. One man enters with a stretcher. They remove a man from the vehicle. A medium tank moves ahead, takes a turn and stops. A tank and a mechanical mule approach a narrow roadway. Trees and buildings in the background. A mechanical mule moves carrying wounded men. A tank moves along a narrow dirt road. A mechanical mule with troopers aboard. A 6 ton truck backing down on a dirty road. A mechanical mule carries 106 MM recoilless rifle. A trooper carrying a wounded man on his back runs to towards the truck. The wounded man is placed in the truck. A man places a stretcher in the truck. More wounded personnel are carried on stretchers towards the truck. (Vietnam War period).
Activities of U.S. troops during the Tet Offensive in Vietnam. Three troopers are part of a mortar crew. A rocket being placed in a mortar. The mortar is fired. The mortar crew positioned amongst rubble fire mortar. Men in the background work to unload more rockets or mortar rounds from boxes. A partially sunken landing craft. Two troopers hide next to a building with rifles. U.S. forces behind stone wall fire rifles. Men behind the wall with M-16s. U.S. and ARVN (Army of the Republic of Vietnam) forces next to buildings, move ahead. A man with a rocket in his hand. A U.S. soldier fires an M-16 around the corner of a building. The soldiers move forward. (Vietnam War period).
U.S. Secretary of Defense Robert Strange McNamara leaves the office in the United States. Honor guards stand in formation. U.S. President Lyndon Baines Johnson, U.S. Army General Earle Gilmore Wheeler and Deputy Secretary of Defense Paul Henry Nitze on a review stand. President Johnson and other officials get down from the reviewing stand and arrive near soldiers. The honor guards stand in formation. Cameramen record the event.
U.S. Secretary of Defense Robert Strange McNamara leaves the office in the United States. President Lyndon Baines Johnson, Secretary McNamara and Deputy Secretary of Defense Paul Henry Nitze on a review stand. U.S. Army General Earle Gilmore Wheeler speaks into a microphone. President Johnson speaks after General Wheeler. The President speaking into the microphone. Secretary McNamara stands behind the President. The President ends the speech. People applaud.
U.S. Secretary of Defense Robert Strange McNamara leaves the office in the United States. President Lyndon Baines Johnson with other officials at a review stand. Honor guards stand holding flags. Deputy Secretary of Defense Paul Henry Nitze makes a speech. Secretary McNamara stands in front of the reviewing stand. Secretary Nitze presents a citation to McNamara.
U.S. Secretary of Defense Robert Strange McNamara leaves the office in the United States. President Lyndon Baines Johnson, Secretary McNamara, Deputy Secretary of Defense Paul Henry Nitze and U.S. Army General Earle Gilmore Wheeler at a review stand. Other officials present during the ceremony. People stand holding umbrellas as rain is falling.