U.S. Army 199th Light Infantry Brigade soldiers following a ceremony honoring their Chaplain, Captain Angelo Liteky, who received the DSC. A Distinguished Service Cross (DSC) on the Chaplain's uniform. M-113 Armored Personnel Carriers (APCs) lined up. The Chaplain talks to the members of the press. (Vietnam War period).
Chaplain Angelo Liteky conducts mass for soldiers of the 199th Light Infantry, using a small printed guide, which the attending soldiers also use to follow and participate in the mass. (Vietnam War period).
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.
Scenes from massive offensive by 1st Air Cavalry Division against the People's Army of Vietnam (PAVN) in A Shau Valley, during the Vietnam War. Film opens showing scattered wreckage of a U.S. Army UH-1H helicoptor damaged by enemy fire or by collision with obstacles during landing. As troops work to clear wreckage, another UH-1 lands precariously in the midst of debris. United States Army soldiers dismount. Other soldiers work around the crash site. Nearby, a contingent of troops is busy carving out a proper landing zone, using small tools and a number of chain saws. Two of them pass close by the camera, carrying a huge tree trunk. Troops employ chain saws close to one another as they work on the tangled underbrush and trees. In the background, one soldier chops smaller brush with a machete. (Note: It has been reported that these scenes depict elements of B Company, 227th Assault Helicopter battalion, at LZ Pepper, and the UH-1H seen landing might be from the 1st/9th "Head Hunters.")
USS Enterprise (CVAN-65) in Gulf of Tonkin Vietnam, during Vietnam War. U.S. Navy officers and airmen walking on the deck area near the ship's island. Number 65 in bold written on the lower portion of ship's island. Several airmen go and come out from the island. Lieutenant Commander Robert R Brennock walking towards the A-4FSkyhawk for his 200th mission. Pilot inspects the engines, climbs up. LCDR Paul Shields written on the plane beside cockpit. Brennock lowers the canopy and takes off. The A-4FSkyhawk aircraft lands and the pilot step down. As the pilot walks, the commanding officer Robert J Thomas congratulates him. A UH-2C helicopter parked on the deck and several men stand near to it.
U.S. aircraft during on the USS Enterprise (CVAN-65) in Gulf of Tonkin, Vietnam during Vietnam War. U.S. Navy pilots walk with different equipment on the deck. Number 65 in bold written on the lower portion of ship's island. Lieutenant Commander Paul D Stephenson walks towards an A-4F Skyhawk parked near the island. LCDR Stephenson gives his bag to crew. Pilot inspects the engines, climbs up and puts on oxygen mask. Pilot Stephenson lowers the canopy and takes off as the crew shows signal. On returning Commanding officer J L Nicholson congratulates Stephenson and both of them walk away.
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