U.S. Army soldiers of 5th Mechanized Infantry Regiment, "Bobcats," of the 25th Infantry Division, on patrol. They move and fire their M-16 rifles and M-79 grenade launcher during Operation Cedar Falls. African American soldier loads M-60 machine gun and sprays the area with gunfire. Soldiers receive wounds from the accidental tripping of a Viet Cong booby trap. Medics attend leg wounds of a soldier. A wounded is carried on litter. African American medic inserts an intravenous plasma IV into a wounded soldier as another holds his head. (Reportedly, the cameraman who shot this footage was Richard Welsh of the Department of the Army Special Photo Office.)
Dong Tam ship yard with landing crafts at the dock. Assault patrol at the dock. LCM Mechanized landing craft leaves the dock. Air Traffic Control (ATC) at pier. Patrol boat crosses ship yard. LCM passes. ATC with helicopter landing pads. Sailor works on the patrol boat. Pile driver at the shore. Vietnamese workers weld steel shoring.
U.S. medics treat Vietnamese civilians in Medical civic action program (MEDCAP).Several Vietnamese civilians with small children at an outdoor treatment center. A U.S. medic prepares medication on a swab and uses it to treat the skin on a little girl's leg and arm.
Aerial view of fields from aircraft in flight. Napalm burst on a building shows flames from explosion.
Operation Ranch Hand defoliant missions. Aerial views of U.S. Air Force UC-123B Provider aircraft spraying Agent Orange defoliant over jungle. Views from cockpit of U.S. Air Force F-100F Super Sabre. Close view of F-100 from the 615th Tactical Fighter Squadron, Phan Rang Air Base, in flight.
Two United States Navy SEAL patrol members study a map while sitting by an open hatch of a helicopter. Behind them is a SEAL mans a machine gun in hatch. Aerial view of jungle growth and swampy water in the Rung Sat area of the Mekong Delta. Aerial view of the Rung Sat River and the Nha Be Navy Base. Camera pans to show aerial view of barges where Navy SEALS do fitness training. Aerial view of Nha Be Navy Base buildings.
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