Opening scene shows view from cockpit of a U.S. Army Sikorsky H-34 Helicopter flying over Dong Xoai, Vietnam. View from the ground as the helicopter descends to land. Scene shifts to the ground, where heavy battle damage is evident in structures and surroundings. U.S. soldiers stand near damaged cemetery. Severe battle damage is shown with gaping holes in a building. Also shown are some captured arms left after the end of the Viet Cong assault on the town and its airstrip (defended by 400 South Vietnamese troops). Members of a local family , including several small children, each search through wreckage for any surviving belongings. ARVN (Army of Vietnam) soldiers help search through rubble. Survivors are seen carrying their few belongings as they leave the destroyed town to seek shelter elsewhere. More views of the battle damaged town. A U.S. Army Colonel is seen conversing with an ARVN officer. More views of damaged town. The U.S. Navy aircraft carrier, USS Midway (CVA-41) is seen carrying a deck full of mostly F-4 Phantom fighter aircraft. Closeup on deck shows several aircraft displaying the tail code "NE" of Carrier Air Wing Two (CVW-2). Closeup of a Douglas A-1H Skyraider aircraft being cleared for takeoff from an aircraft carrier. Closeup of pilot in open cockpit of a Vought F-8 Crusader aircraft that displays shark teeth at its engine intake, and a tear drop on its fuselage. Closeup of an A-1H taking off from carrier deck.
Villas in Danang, Republic of Vietnam. A two story villa downtown Danang, Vietnam. A car parked in front of the villa. A woman and a child walk past the high fence of another villa. A military truck moves past. Trees in the foreground. Another one story, red roofed villa downtown. A woman wearing an ao dai rides a bicycle. A beautiful villa downtown. A chain like fence around the area. Trees seen around the villas. Vietnamese walk and move on bicycles in front of the villas.
U.S. 60th Infantry Regiment, 5th Battalion in Rach Kien, Vietnam during the Vietnam War. A board reads 'C CO 5 Bn 60 Inf Charle Rangers'. Soldiers move around at the base. A parked truck. United States Army UH-1D Iroquois helicopters land. A pilot at the controls of a helicopter. Soldiers disembark from the helicopter. The helicopter flies off. The soldiers conduct a search in a deserted hut.
U.S. 60th Infantry Regiment, 5th Battalion in Rach Kien, Vietnam during the Vietnam War. Soldiers walk through mud. They wade through chest deep water. The soldiers walk through tall grass. They wait in a smoke marked landing zone. A soldier talks over a field telephone. United States Army UH-1D Iroquois helicopters land and pick up troops. The helicopters take off and fly away.
U.S. 60th Infantry Regiment, 5th Battalion in Rach Kien, Vietnam during the Vietnam War. Soldiers walk through tall grass in a smoke marked landing zone. A radio operator gets stuck in mud. Two soldiers help to free the radio operator stuck waist deep in mud. The soldiers walk through knee deep mud towards the landing zone.
U.S. 60th Infantry Regiment, 5th Battalion in Rach Kien, Vietnam during the Vietnam War. United States Army UH-1H Iroquois helicopters in flight. The helicopters land. A soldier mans a gun in a helicopter. Soldiers get off the UH-1H Iroquois helicopters. The helicopters take off and fly away. The soldiers walk past a military jeep towards a camp area.
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