AH-1G helicopters of the U.S. Army 25th Infantry Division attack enemy positions with machine guns and rockets during the Nui Ba Den Mountain assault in Vietnam. Smoke from bomb attacks. A soldier in prone position on the rocks. Thick black cloud of smoke rises. U.S. soldiers look from their positions. AH-1G helicopter also known as Cobra drops a bomb which falls into the valley below. Soldiers don their gear and prepare to move. A soldier talks on radio. Puddles of water. Soldiers take cover behind the rocks and fire with M60 machine gun and M16 rifles at enemies positioned below. (Vietnam War period).
UH-1D helicopters carry soldiers of 25th Infantry Division, 22D Infantry and 2D battalion of the U.S. Army to Nui Ba Den Mountain, Vietnam. Two UH-1D helicopters on the landing pad with their rotors turning. A U.S. soldier in the airborne helicopter has a M14 rifle with sniper scope. An officer in the helicopter talks on radio. The helicopter passes Nui Ba Den Mountain. A soldier watches as the helicopter approaches. The helicopters land and soldiers get off. The helicopters take off. (Vietnam War period).
Soldiers atop well bunkered Nui Ba Den Mountain in Vietnam. Groups of soldiers. Some soldiers with cups in their hands. Soldiers sit and relax in a group before starting their sweep down the mountainside. A soldier reads a newspaper as other soldiers walk past. (Vietnam War period).
OV-10 FAC plane of the U.S. Air Force drops bombs on the enemy position in Vietnam during the Nui Ba Den Mountain Assault. U.S. soldiers move down the rugged mountainside. OV-10 FAC plane in flight over the enemy position and rockets fired. Plane maneuvers. The plane dives. Smoke arises from the base of the mountain as the bomb hits the target. Reflection of soldiers in a puddle of water. (Vietnam War period).
United States Army soldiers read letters during mail call and look out from Fire Support Base West at Que Son Valley in Vietnam. CH-47 Chinook in flight. CH-47 hovers over hilltop and flies off. Helicopter lands. Soldiers sit on sandbag bunkers. Position overlooks the Que Son Valley. UH-1 Iroquois starts to come down and flies off. Soldiers read letters from home while standing and sitting around bunkers. (Vietnam War period).
U.S. Army soldiers of B Company, 196th Light Infantry Brigade making their way across a valley in Vietnam. They dismantle and flatten a wooden pole hut in an empty village that had been used by North Vietnamese NVA 2nd Regiment. Next, a U.S. soldier strikes a match and they set fire to roofs of empty huts and crushed huts to destroy them. (Vietnam War period).
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