Soldiers of the 221st Signal Company Vietnam have military payment certificates (MPC) exchanged at their headquarters in Long Binh Vietnam as part of a country wide general order. Soldiers in a line. A soldier with a typewriter creates a receipt. The soldiers with old (MPC) currency notes takes the receipt and proceeds towards the next officer. A soldier counts his notes at the typist's desk. (Vietnam War period).
U.S. troops arriving in Vietnam undergo processing by the 90th Replacement Battalion. Scene opens showing buses carrying newly arriving U.S. soldiers from the Ben Hoa airbase, to the depot of the 90th Replacement Battalion,near Long Binh, Vietnam. The buses make their way along dirt roads at the base. Various types of shelters, including tents and buildings of light construction are seen. The soldiers leave the buses, carrying personal belongings and manila folders with documents. As the buses pull away, signs in Vietnamese are seen on their sides. Next, the newly arrived soldiers are seen gathered in an open field. Some smoke cigarettes. There appears to be a chapel building in the background. Some soldiers see the camera behind them and wave toward it. A briefer is addressing them from a stand in front of a low building. Next, soldiers are seen entering a building where sign is posted reading: "OFF LIMITS, unless you are processing." (Vietnam War period).
Men at Long Binh ammunition dump. Officers and soldiers examine barbed wire fence where Vietcong broke through to enter Longbinh ammunition dump. Lookout tower in the background. Ripped apart barbed wire. Jeep parked along road. Sand bags near barbed wire fence. Shoe of soldier on ground. Barbed wire torn apart by Vietcong who infiltrated through Longbinh ammunition camp. (Vietnam War period).
Currency exchange at the headquarters of the Signal Group of the U.S. Army in Long Binh in Vietnam. United States Army officials exchanging the old currency notes of the soldiers with the new ones. Officers count notes and make register entries. The old and new currency notes. (Vietnam War period).
Currency exchange program at the headquarters of the Signal Group of the United States Army at their headquarters in Long Binh Vietnam. Officials of the United States Army at their desk. Counting the old and new currency notes. They inspect the forms of the soldiers. Photographer takes pictures. A soldier walks out of the office after receiving the new currency notes. (Vietnam War period).
Opening slate attributes film to SEAPC and Jensen (Southeast Asia Pictorial Center/221st Signal Company based in Long Binh and Chris Jensen). U.S. Army 101st Airborne Division troops pass through jungles of A Shau Valley in Vietnam. U.S. 327th Infantry Airborne regiment, 101st Airborne Division troops climb a mountain in a dense jungle. African American soldier carrying rifle brings up the rear. At one point the soldiers have dumped their ruck sacks and left them with the remainder of the company while they went on a short patrol. The troops on patrol in the jungle. The troops walk through high bushes. The troops fire M-79 grenade launchers as part of a recon patrol. Film taken by the Southeast Asia Pictorial Center/221st Signal Company based in Long Binh. Chris Jensen.
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