An orientation film for United States Air Force personnel assigned to Southeast Asia. USAF airmen walk with their baggage. Bags lying outside a building. Airmen seated at a table. A Vietnamese in a coolie hat pulls a wheel barrow. An airman stands on a bench and talks to the others. An airman takes notes near a bus. Sign on bus reads 'CBPO Processing'. Airmen including Airmen First Class and Senior Airmen board the buses. Papers on the bus read 'Phan Rang', 'Cam Ranh Bay', 'Nha Trang', and 'Tan Hoa.' (Vietnam War period).
Sammy Davis Jr. entertaining troops in visit to Vietnam with a USO troupe. View of soldiers assembled inside a hangar at Can Tho Army Airfield, watching as Sammy Davis Jr. speaks from a stage set up in the hangar. Members of the audience smile and chuckle at his remarks. The audience applauding. Closeups of some in the audience, laughing and applauding. Davis interacting with the audience. Closeup of several Military Policemen standing backstage. View from side of tremendously large audience. View of Davis performing as solo stand up comedian. Soldiers watching from outside the hangar applauding. Another view of Davis onstage, and of the huge audience.
Film opens as Davis takes bows and audience applauds, in a hangar at the airfield. Closeups of some soldiers applauding. View of soldiers feet as they move in time to musice while the soldiers sit on improvised bleacher seats. Soft drink cans and snack packages on the floor. Soldiers watching the performance from atop a rugged shelter covered with earth and sandbags. Other soldiers watching from atop improvised seats, including mobile platforms and truck tires. Musicians playing jazz onstage as audience listens intently. Soldiers applaud enthusiastically at end of performance. Glimpse of Sammy Davis Jr. onstage with a woman dancer. (Vietnam War period).
USO troupe with Sammy Davis Jr., aboard aircraft carrier USS Hancock in waters off Vietnam.. Scene is dark except for spot lighting. Davis sings accompanied by musicians. Singer Sondra "Blinky" Williams performs during the show.
Opening scene shows Sammy Davis Jr. singing the song, "You're Nobody 'Till Somebody Loves You." while he moves about the stage arranging items for his USO show aboard the U.S. Aircraft Carrier, USS Hancock (CVA-19)during the Vietnam War. A U.S. Marine stands guard at stairs leading to a stage, that is set up on the hangar deck of the ship. Recorded orchestral music is heard accompanying him in background. Closeups of Davis on stage. Audience participates by clapping rhythmically as Davis sings. He uses a black hat as a prop in his performance. At one point, he sings alternately with the audience responding. The ship is anchored somewhere in protected waters, with land visible in near background.
U.S. soldier of 50th Infantry Regiment looks in a mirror as he daubs his face with a camouflage stick, during the Vietnam War. He is in a sand-bagged location with his M-16 rifle in reach nearby. Two other soldiers are seen. One is daubing the other with a camo stick. Camera backs away to reveal several soldiers around a sand-bagged wooden structure. All are applying camo stick to their faces. One ties a white band around his head. Scene shifts to inside of the building, where a Sergeant is briefing a squad of soldiers, using a map placed against a window. Squad members make notes.
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