U.S. 3rd Brigade, 82nd Airborne Division operations at Phu Bai Combat Base near Hue, Vietnam. Film begins showing a sign for the 85th Evacuation Hospital, with its motto, "Miracularum Laborantes" that the hospital staff translated as "Miracle Workers." Next a jeep is seen driving out of the hospital compound. It has the name "Fearless Fly" stenciled beneath its windshield. In the background hospital enlisted quarters can be seen. The jeep stops leaving the compound before joining traffic headed North on Highway !, where it passes a building on the left reportedly converted into basketball and volleyball courts. Considerable traffic is seen in both directions on the road, including trucks carrying various army cargo and personnel. A Vietnamese couple is seen riding together on a motorbike. An army flat bed truck drives next to an area with many buildings and a red and white checkered water tank. The camera focuses on a sign at the entrance to that road which points to: "528th QM Co Package POL Yard & filling station." The camera then pans across an open field showing buildings in the distance. Change of scene shows a fenced compound with buildings and a parked truck inside. (Vietnam War period).
U.S. 82nd Airborne Division operations at Phu Bai Combat Base near Hue, Vietnam. Sign reads 'Liftmaster Pad'. U.S. Army CH-47 Chinooks parked in revetments at a helipad. Helipad control tower. Chinooks in revetments (Vietnam War period).
Activities of United States Marines (MARS ) in Hue, Vietnam during the Vietnam War. U.S. Marines standing on a paved road fold the United States flag. A truck parked near buildings in the background. The folded flag is handed to a marine. The marine holding the folded flag walks toward the parked truck. The marines run on a dirt road. Telephone poles and trees in the background. Marines carrying a PRC 25 radio walk on a paved area. They walk on a brick patio. A grassy area in the background. The marines walk on a sidewalk. An M48 Patton battle tank with a 90 mm gun moves on a paved city street. A marine stands atop an M50 Ontos anti tank vehicle moving down a street. Barbed wire in the grassy area in the background. A marine standing atop an M50 Ontos anti tank with a 106 recoiless rifle moves down a street. Another marine stands near a tree on a sidewalk.
South Vietnamese troops during the Battle of Hue. A tank fires on a street in Vietnam. Smoke amidst the road due to bombardment. Soldiers running on the road with their guns and other weapons. A landing craft amidst the river. South Vietnamese troops embark the landing craft and cross the river. A helicopter flies in the sky and drops bombs on the conflict area. Troops board helicopters, they take off with the troops and equipment. (Vietnam War period).
Activities during the Vietnam War of United States Marines in Hue, Vietnam during the 1968 Tet offensive. United States Marines prepare to fire a 106mm M40 recoilless rifle. The marines fire a 3.5" M20 rocket launcher. A marine in a flak vest kneels down on the ground and inspects a M29 81mm Mortar. A marine bent over the M29 81mm Mortar assists him. Other marines with camouflaged helmets look at nearby building. A damaged building. Columns of smoke rise from the building. The M29 81mm Mortar team fires a mortar. A marine sticks a ramrod down the tube of the mortar and then pulls it out. A marine places a 106mm recoiless rifle on the tripod. He adjusts the 106mm RR for firing out of a window. A marine stacks fallen lumber. Trees in the background. Marines carrying M16 rifles stand near a brick wall. A dirt road in the foreground. The barrel from a 106mm m40 recoiless rifle moves. A building in the background.
The NVA (North Vietnamese Army) invasion of South Vietnam. Army of the Republic of Vietnam (ARVN) troops on the streets of Hue, Vietnam. People walk on the street. Houses and trees in the background. ARVN tank moves on the road. Soldiers in the ARVN compound. Children playing. The ARVN truck convoy lined up on a street. The truck convoy on a highway. Mountains and trees in the background. The troops dig in at the base headquarters. Barbed wire entanglements on the ground. (Vietnam War period).