Landing craft loaded with French troops make their way through the Bamboo Canal in Vietnam. Troops disembark from the landing craft on river bank near port of Coi-Co at the junction of Song-Thai-Binh. They cross open fields and canal ( some with supplies on their backs). Local children seen with water buffaloes. A truck is ferried across the canal. Advance is held up as they encounter Viet-Minh resistance at a village. French soldiers dig in. They fire machine guns and mortars. Thatched-roofed house burns as they occupy the village.
Operation Somerset Plain of 101st Air Cavalry Dv. U.S. Soldier removing bullets from his M-16 rifle and putting them in a can. He is also seen cleaning his rifle with a shaving brush and a toothbrush. August 1968. (Vietnam War period).
101st Air Cavalry Dv. of Operation Somerset Plain. Military people serving food to the U.S. soldiers in paper plates. August 1968. (Vietnam War period).
Interiors of U.S. Embassy. Personnel examine the damage to the facility after attack during the Tet Offensive of January 1968. Bullet holes in wall. Embassy clock stopped at 3:03. Soldiers check Embassy grounds and cameraman takes pictures. Street and wrecked house. (Vietnam War period).
Scenes after Vietcong attack on Saigon during Tet Offensive of 1968. Care and feeding of Vietnamese in refugee camp including children. Medical care of refugees by doctors and nurses. Refugees eating. Children playing. Large trucks remove debris. Saigon traffic with people cycling. Aerials of Saigon. (Vietnam War period).
1st Air Cavalry Dv. of Operation Delaware. Soldiers standing near UH-1D helicopter and marching across the fields. 17 April 1968. (Vietnam War period).
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