U.S. Marines firing 81mm high explosive rounds out in Danang, Vietnam. Other mortar crew does the same. Marines carry boxes of 'C' rations and stack them near other Marines. Marines kneel in grass field near 60 mm mortar which he loads and fires out. Marine loads high explosive round into 60 mm mortar tube and fires it out. Marines carry wounded Marine on stretcher. Wounded loaded aboard UH34D helicopter. Walking wounded Marine assisted by Marines across grass area. UH34D medivac helicopter takes off. Marine with cart belt, canteens and pack seated on ground, fires his M-16 rifle toward wooded and bushy area in the background. Marine fires his M-60 machine gun. Assistant machine gunner untangles belted ammunition. Marine fires his M-79 grenade launcher out. (Vietnam War period).
Soldiers of 3rd Brigade of United States 25th Infantry Division under cover in a ditch in Vietnam. Explosion and smoke in jungle from jet air strikes. M-48 tanks move forward and soldiers fire from M-60 machine guns from the ditch. Soldiers follow the tanks as they pass through wrecked village. M-48 tanks knock over trees and soldiers walk past burning huts. (Vietnam War period).
Soldiers of 3rd Brigade of United States 25th Infantry Division walk past burning huts in a village in Vietnam. Women and children are seen in the foreground. One of the U.S. Army soldiers sets a hut on fire. Soldiers rest before moving out. Officer speaks over radio. UH-1B helicopter attacks enemy positions. Soldiers behind an M-48 tank as they cross the field. M-113 moves into position with M-48. (Vietnam War period).
Soldier of 3rd Brigade of United States 25th Infantry Division speaks over radio in Vietnam. Tired and dirty soldiers are seen. Soldiers follow M-48 as they cross a sandy terrain. UH-1B helicopter flies over. Soldiers shoot a water buffalo. Women and children villagers are seen huddled together in a partially destroyed village as U.S. Army soldiers patrol the area. Smoke pouring from a burning hut. Soldiers in a wrecked village as a soldier uses a pistol to shoot a cow. Soldier at 50 caliber machine gun atop M-113. Soldiers and M-48 tanks on the move. (Vietnam War period).
As film begins, elements of the U.S, ("Essex Troop") are seen passing under an overpass. The first is an M3 Half-track. Then several armored vehicles are seen from behind as they cross a pontoon bridge from Saint-Fargeau-Ponthierry, to Seine Port, France, en route to Paris during World War 2. Soldiers, directing traffic across the bridge, stand beside it on grassy slope. Closeup of an M7 tank crossing the bridge. More views from the Saint-Fargeau-Ponthierry side of the bridge as armored vehicles casually move across toward Seine Port. Front view of an M3 half-track heading toward the camera, crossing the bridge.
View of assembly area at U-Tapao Royal Thai Air Force Base in Thailand. A trailer-truck with load of bombs stops at assembly area where United States Air Force airmen and Thai personnel are installing fuzes. Thai worker, uses a type of lug wrench on fuze wells of M117 bomb bodies. On another truck load of M82 bombs, a Thai worker performs the same work on M82 bomb fuze wells while US Air Force munitions handlers insert nose fuzes in them. Extreme closeup of a Thai young man working on munitions.
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