UH-1B in flight over city, attacking buildings. Smoke rises up from fire on ground. Column of black smoke rises from local area. UH-1B hovers over houses. Civilians gathered in houses watch helicopter overhead. UH-1B passes through smoke in sky. UH-1B hovers over city.
Views from tail camera of a USAF A-1E aircraft strafing enemy targets at low altitude amidst groves of coconut trees. White smoke rising from the ground, behind the aircraft. The A-1E is flying at tree-top level. Simple structures are seen, occasionally, amongst the trees. Exploding White phosphorus bombs and fires erupting from napalm, seen in the wake of the aircraft. More huts seen as the aircraft exits the coconut plantation and passes over a river bank. Fires burning in the background. The A-1E climbs out over the river. (Note: The A1E aircraft on this mission is believed to be from the 1st Air Commando Squadron, operating out of Bien Hoa Air Base.)
Cam Ranh Bay Air Base mess facilities exterior shots show airmen dipping mess plates into hot boiling water. Men also dump food into garbage cans and scrub mess gear. A sign reads 'Dining Hall number 1' and 'Please Sterilize Mess Gear before using'.
United States Army Captain Roger H. Donlon of Special Forces 'C' Team walks in Camp Nam Dong which was ruined when the Viet Cong attacked the camp. The Captain holding a rifle and walking through the ruins of the damaged mess hall of the camp. He walks through debris strewn on the ground. He walks beside a barbed wire entangle beside a wooden fence. A small building in the background. Barbed wire fence around the camp. (Captain Donlon was later awarded the Medal of Honor for his actions during the Battle of Nam Dong)
Operation Ranch Hand defoliant missions. Aerial views of U.S. Air Force UC-123B Provider aircraft spraying Agent Orange defoliant over jungle. Views from cockpit of U.S. Air Force F-100F Super Sabre. Close view of F-100 from the 615th Tactical Fighter Squadron, Phan Rang Air Base, in flight.
Two United States Navy SEAL patrol members study a map while sitting by an open hatch of a helicopter. Behind them is a SEAL mans a machine gun in hatch. Aerial view of jungle growth and swampy water in the Rung Sat area of the Mekong Delta. Aerial view of the Rung Sat River and the Nha Be Navy Base. Camera pans to show aerial view of barges where Navy SEALS do fitness training. Aerial view of Nha Be Navy Base buildings.
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