Air Boss officer with mike in hand watches S-2E aircraft making approach and recovery over flight deck of USS Wasp (CVS-18) underway in Guantanamo Bay, Cuba. The officer flips switches on console panel. Personnel work in pri-fly (Primary Flight Control) wearing phones. Air boss and the personnel in pri-fly on phones. Air Boss looks out of window overlooking the flight deck.
S-2E flyby past the USS Wallace L Lind (DD-703) underway in Guantanamo Bay, Cuba. Two S-2E make approach over water as seen from Wallace L Lind. Helicopters dip sonar far off beam of USS Wallace L Lind. S-2E's in flight over water. S-2E in flight over Wallace L Lind. It flies toward helicopters dipping sonar in the background. S-2E makes approach low over water towards Wallace L Lind and flies with MAD boom extended. S-2E makes approach over water past Wallace L Lind on fly-by. SH-3A in flight high over water. SH-3A dips sonar. S-2E flies low with MAD boom extended. SH-3A dips sonar. Charles P Cecil (DD-835) underway. SH-3A helicopters dip sonar over signal flare marker on water. S-2E fly-by past Wallace L Lind with MAD boom extended. S-2E approaches Wallace L Lind and circles.
Sign outside a building reads "Briefing Room". Officers of the American 82D Aviation Company enter the briefing room. Briefing session. UH-1D helicopters land on airfield. 173D Airborne brigade troops rush off from the helicopters and take cover in woods. (Vietnam War period).
UH-1D helicopters land on a field in Ankhe, South Vietnam. American 173D Airborne Brigade troops rush off. Platoon leader checks map. Crew sets up 81mm mortar. Red smoke flare burns amidst bushes. Soldiers move through wooded area. (Vietnam War period).
View of signal site attacked by a Vietcong element atop the mountain in Ankhe, South Vietnam. Troops of U.S. 13th Signal Battalion (1st Cavalry Division), 41st Signal Battalion and 54th Signal Battalion. Soldiers unload cases of ammunition from UH-1D atop the mountain. UH-1D takes off. Damaged generators and rubble. OH-47 helicopter lands. (Vietnam War period).
A UH-1D helicopter takes off from a signal site of the American Signal Battalion in Ankhe, South Vietnam. Troop tents in the foreground. View of damage done to the site. Soldier examines a fire-damaged 35mm still camera and shows it to other soldier. Partly destroyed tent. Soldiers search through rubble. UH-1D helicopter lands. (Vietnam War period).