U.S. Army 2nd Battalion (Airborne), 503rd Infantry, 173rd Airborne Brigade (Sep) on an operation in South Vietnam. Paratroopers advance through rice paddy fields and thick forest area. Officer speaks over radio phone on field. Next, soldiers are seen standing where they have popped a yellow smoke grenade to mark a landing zone.. More views of the troops making their way to the landing zone. Scene shifts to a group of Bell UH-1 Iroquois (Huey) helicopters approaching and landing in trail formation. The soldiers are dispatched in groups to board the choppers. After all are aboard, the helicopters take off in formation and depart. View from one of the helicopters as it is leaving. Soldiers are seen on the ground below. Glimpse of a helicopter pilot inside a cockpit. View of another helicopter flying above. View of helicopters flying in formation. Closeup of one flying nearby with door open.
A squad of Republic of Vietnam soldiers (ARVN) wearing steel helmets, stand over a wounded Viet Cong prisoner, wearing a red scarf. He is seated on the ground next to the covered dead body of a comrade, lying on a litter. Army trucks and a parked helicopter are in the far background. An ARVN soldier, in soft cap, opens a packet of medicine and gives some to the prisoner. Scene shifts to headquarters tent, where ARVN officers and NCOs sit by a bank of telephones. Those manning the phones are quite occupied, receiving reports and making notes. Information is seen being posted on a battlefield map. (Note: Only faint wild sound is heard in this clip.)
A Vietnamese woman exits a UH-1 Huey air ambulance helicopter as crew unloads her wounded daughter on a stretcher. The mother cries as she holds a child in her arms. Another Vietnamese woman cries after losing her family members during the Vietnam war. An upset older Vietnamese man and woman.
New troops in Vietnam are shown how to hold weapons. Instructors teaches various positions to fire and ways to hold weapons.
South Vietnamese Regional forces or Popular forces being trained during the Vietnam War. Men of South Vietnamese Regional forces or Popular forces on a road with a two and a half ton truck in the background. Soldiers of Regional forces loaded onto the truck. Truck driver at steering as it moves along a road. Soldiers lined up.
South Vietnamese Regional forces or Popular forces being trained during the Vietnam War. Men of South Vietnamese Regional forces or Popular forces lined up during the training as a Vietnamese officer briefs them. An officer throws a concussion grenade. Officer throws a grenade with handle popping off. A Vietnamese instructor demonstrates a proper way of throwing a grenade to a Regional Force trainee within an enclosed area. Instructor throws a grenade which hits the target and explodes.
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