M-48 tank moves near a stone wall as marine standing near tree looks on. Marines in moving 6X6 truck. Marine with M-16 rifle stands in 6x6 truck in convoy moving on road following other trucks carrying marines past dwellings in the background. Trucks move past marines standing near repaired section of bridge. Civilians stand and walk in village area. Convoy of trucks passes on pontoon bridge across river. Wreckage of APC (Armored Personnel Carrier) alongside road. 6X6 truck tows remains of damaged vehicle. Vietnamese refugees walk along dirt road carrying belongings. Civilians on streets during evacuation of Hue City. (Vietnam War period).
Counter attack of South Vietnamese during the Tet Offensive Battle of Hue. Two soldiers walk towards the city. People going with their children. ARVN (Army of the Republic of Vietnam) airplane flies in the sky and drops bombs over the conflict area. Many soldiers coming towards the conflict area. People load their luggage on shoulders and heads as they leave the city. Soldiers firing from behind barricades. Bomber plane flying over the houses and dropping bombs.
RVN (Republic of Vietnam) Marines advance into the city of Hue during Tet Offensive. VNMC Marines hide behind the barricades and fire. They discuss a map. Tear gas grenades released into the houses to evacuate the residents. Marines fire from inside a house. They wear protective masks on their faces while firing M-16 rifles and M-60 machine guns. RVN Marines take wall on outskirts of the city. They again discuss a map. They rush towards an area after the discussion. They capture weapons and equipment of the enemy in that area. Fallen Vietcong and North Vietnamese soldiers are seen.
Film opens showing a damaged U.S. M48 tank stranded in a ditch at side of road near buildings in Hue, Vietnam. Closeup of the front and tread of the damaged tank. M-48 tanks parked under trees near sandbagged garden fence. U.S. Marine in combat gear silhouetted against window as he fires rifle from inside a building. Several U.S. Army soldiers, of the 1st battalion 44th artillery, load shells into an M42A1 twin 40mm self-propelled anti-aircraft gun ("Duster"). Marines on the roof of a building. They prepare to fire a 3.5inch rocket launcher. A rocket is loaded into a tube and the 3.5inch rocket launcher is fired. A marine ties the 3.5inch rocket launcher onto a rope and stands holding it.
Tanks at barrier on bridge. Tank swings turret and fires. Bazooka team loads bazooka and fires. Army of the Republic of Vietnam troopers move up a road and run past across cement causeway towards buildings. Tank fires machine gun at wooded area across river. ARVN troops by the tank. Vietnamese on tank directing fire on phones. Vietnamese ARVN soldiers wearing red berets. (Vietnam War period).
ARVN (Army of the Republic of Vietnam) soldiers carry wounded person wrapped in blanket on wooden stretcher followed by refugees. Buildings in the background. Large number of Viet refugee men, women and children stand in dirt area. Burnt remains of destroyed M-48 tank in dirt area. RFK-60 rough terrain forklift backs up and carries conex box across the area. RFK lifts another conex box. Second forklift carries civilian Ford Bronco vehicle. First forklift repeats the action. Forklift tries to move up front ramp of beached LCU (Landing Craft Utility). (Vietnam War period).