Jet aircraft in flight. Columns of white smoke rise in the foreground. Bunkers in area. Jet aircraft passes over field. Bomb explodes on ground. Close view of black smoke rising from explosion. Jet aircraft passes over. Another explosion on ground and smoke rises up. Blast on ground in the background. Jet aircraft drop more bombs. More explosions on ground. Clouds of smoke arise from ground. Explosions throwing billows of smoke in air. Marines watch explosions from sandbag bunker. Heavy explosions on ground. (Vietnam War period).
View of muddy river from a Command and Communications boat of the Mobile Riverine Force (9th Infantry Division) moving in the Song Ba Lai - West region in Vietnam. As it rounds a bend in the river, several other boats from the unit are seen ahead including Armored Troop Carriers and monitors underway. One monitor, maneuvers close to shore past the camera boat. it is followed by two Armored Troop Carriers. Change of scene, shows another Command and Communications boat passing the camera boat in the opposite direction.
United States soldiers of Mobile Riverine Force (9th Infantry Division) in Vietnam. Assault Support Patrol Boat ASPB A-112-3 and A-112-6 underway in a river. Soldiers aboard the "Brown Water Navy" ASPB boats. A Command Control Boat (CCB) goes by on the river. Close up view of 40 mm gun mounted in turret of a Monitor. The 40 mm gun of the Monitor as it fires at Viet Cong bunker positions along the shore. Smoke rises up and explosions seen along the bank of the river. The Monitor heads up the river. Views of the Monitor starboard side and the gun turret after it pulls up to shore.
U.S. Mobile Riverine Force comprising of Navy Squadrons and 9th Infantry Division carry out Operation Truong Cong Dinh in Dong Tam, Vietnam. A suspect's ID card is checked by South Vietnamese soldiers. The soldiers help each other up a muddy embankment and to cross a footbridge. A U.S. Army OH-23 Raven helicopter lands.
U.S. Marines of "F" Company, 2nd Battalion, 9th Marines take part in Operation Thor, during the Vietnam War. Partial view of idling U.S. Marine Corps UH-34D helicopter in a grassy area. The helicopter takes off. 3 marines wearing utilities, cart belts, canteens, bulletproof vests, cam helmets and carrying M-16 rifles seated on the ground in a dirt area. The marines with an M-79 grenade launcher and ammunition bag move across the grassy area. A marine kneels and fires the M-79. The tread of a tank moving through the grassy area. The tank turns and moves out.
Opening of film reel shows woman with a Kodak color chip card, also known as a "China Girl". United States Air Force 903rd Aeromedical Evacuation Squadron soldiers carry wounded men to the casualty staging area at Khe Sanh during the Vietnam War. United States 903rd Aeromedical Evacuation Squadron soldiers assist a reversing Red Cross ambulance. Aeromedical squadron soldiers carry a marine or soldier casualty out of the ambulance. Aeromedical squadron soldiers unload wounded men in stretchers out of a helicopter. A forklift lifts cargo at airfield.
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