Opening scene shows Vietnamese refugees, including women, children, and aged persons, being assisted by ARVN (Army of Vietnam) soldiers as they slowly proceed from their homes. One person weeps, while crouched beside pile of belongings. Vietnamese carrying belongings, including one with a child sitting in a cauldron, on poles across their shoulders. ARVN soldiers are seen burning buildings. Closeup of an M60 machine gun being fired on full automatic from door of a U.S. Bell UH-1 Iroquois helicopter (unseen). U.S. marines in a trench surrounded by sandbags. One is looking through binoculars toward a ridge where white smoke is rising. A C-123 of the U.S. Air Force 311th Special Operations Squadron (Tail Code WV) out of Phan Rang Air Base, lands at dirt field and soldiers hurry to board it. Partial glimpse closeup of pilot in cockpit of a U.S. Navy or Marine Douglas A-4 Skyhawk aircraft in flight. Aerial views from above, of ordnance being dropped on Viet Cong positions from U.S. warplanes. Explosions in trees on the ground. Small part of an aircraft seen from onboard camera, as it flies over cultivated part of South Vietnam, dropping bombs. U.S. soldiers walking into a wooded area where smoke is rising, and taking a blindfolded Vietcong prisoner.
U.S. sailors aboard River Patrol Boats during a patrol in the Bassac River, Vietnam, during the Vietnam War. An M-2 Browning .50 cal. machine gun at the stern of a boat. Men man their .50 cal. machine guns. Soldier fires Mk 18 Mod 0 grenade launcher. Heavy foliage alongside the riverbank. Officers pour water on the engine of the boat. Lieutenant Lemon and Lieutenant Riedel man their machine guns. They load ammunition belts in the guns. Soldier stands ready with a M79 grenade launcher aimed at river bank. A helicopter in flight overhead.
U.S. soldiers of 725th Support Battalion, 25th Infantry Division at Rose Orphanage in Vietnam. Two soldiers arrive at the orphanage. Children play in a yard. The soldiers give candies and gifts to the children. The soldiers with the children. A Vietnamese nun with the children in the yard. (Vietnam War period).
U.S. soldiers of 725th Support Battalion, 25th Infantry Division at Rose Orphanage in Vietnam. The soldiers play with children after distributing Christmas gifts. The children play in a yard and swing on swings. A soldier talks to the children. (Vietnam War period).
U.S. soldiers of 725th Support Battalion, 25th Infantry Division at Rose Orphanage in Vietnam. Children on seesaws and swings in a yard. A soldier pushes a child on a swing. The children play in the yard. (Vietnam War period).
U.S. soldiers of 725th Support Battalion, 25th Infantry Division and Vietnamese children at Rose Orphanage in Vietnam. A soldier plays with children. The children swing on swings in a yard. A Vietnamese boy tries on a soldier's cap. The children and a soldier on a seesaw. The soldiers bid farewell and depart from the orphanage. (Vietnam War period).
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