U.S. Army 2nd Battalion (Airborne), 503rd Infantry, 173rd Airborne Brigade (Sep) on an operation in South Vietnam. Paratroopers advance through rice paddy fields and thick forest area. Officer speaks over radio phone on field. Next, soldiers are seen standing where they have popped a yellow smoke grenade to mark a landing zone.. More views of the troops making their way to the landing zone. Scene shifts to a group of Bell UH-1 Iroquois (Huey) helicopters approaching and landing in trail formation. The soldiers are dispatched in groups to board the choppers. After all are aboard, the helicopters take off in formation and depart. View from one of the helicopters as it is leaving. Soldiers are seen on the ground below. Glimpse of a helicopter pilot inside a cockpit. View of another helicopter flying above. View of helicopters flying in formation. Closeup of one flying nearby with door open.
New troops in Vietnam are shown how to hold weapons. Instructors teaches various positions to fire and ways to hold weapons.
South Vietnamese Regional forces or Popular forces being trained during the Vietnam War. Men of South Vietnamese Regional forces or Popular forces on a road with a two and a half ton truck in the background. Soldiers of Regional forces loaded onto the truck. Truck driver at steering as it moves along a road. Soldiers lined up.
South Vietnamese Regional forces or Popular forces being trained during the Vietnam War. Men of South Vietnamese Regional forces or Popular forces lined up during the training as a Vietnamese officer briefs them. An officer throws a concussion grenade. Officer throws a grenade with handle popping off. A Vietnamese instructor demonstrates a proper way of throwing a grenade to a Regional Force trainee within an enclosed area. Instructor throws a grenade which hits the target and explodes.
Security police QRT (Quick Reaction Team) members board V-100 vehicle at Pleiku Air Base, Vietnam. Another airman at his post. V-100 vehicle driven past perimeter guard tower. Tracers fired at night.
366th Fighter Wing crew members at Da Nang Air Base, Vietnam. Air crews of 366th Tactical Fighter Wing scramble to their F4E aircraft, sheltered in revetments covered with individual semicircular reinforced roofs.(Sound heard in first part of the clip is radio chatter unrelated to the images.) Crew chiefs help the pilots and backseaters (weapon systems officers) to strap in. Pilot seen and heard receiving, acknowledging, and dialing in the local altimeter setting. Closeup of sharks mouth painted on aircraft. Red rotating light on vehicle roof (unseen). Closeup of assorted airborne weapons slung under an F-4E. Crew chiefs remove safety pins and covers from weapons of both aircraft. Crew chief secures nose panel on aircraft.
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