United States UH-1E helicopter shot down by NVA (North Vietnamese Army) during Tet Offensive in Hue. Dirt road in the foreground. Trees in the background. U.S. Marines of 'H' Co., 2nd Battalion. 5th Marines, 1st Division., march along dirt road. Marines reach a house in area. Marines with M-16 rifles enter the house. Several marines carrying M-72 66mm LAWs (Light Anti Tank Weapon) begin to enter the door of Viet Cong house. Marines walk on grassy area toward Viet religious shrine. Marines fire M-16 rifles from behind brick wall during battle. Marines move through wooded area. Vietnamese children in jungle. Marines place bandage on wounded Marine sitting against wall. (Vietnam War period).
United States Marines in Hue during Tet Offensive of Vietnam War. Marines run through grassy area to join other marines kneeling behind brick wall. Many marines holding M3A1 .45 cal sub machine gun. Marine talks on radio. Marines with M-16 rifles running. Marines walk with Vietnamese civilians. They carrying tube of 81mm mortar walks along dirt road. Jeep moves along road in opposite direction. Marines walk along bridge. Truck moves along bridge. Side of truck reads 'H Co'. The men kneel near 106 recoilless rifle and place shell into tube. Marines prepare to fire 106 RR. Smoke rises from building during battle. 106 mm rifle fired.
United States Marines in battle against Vietcong in Hue during Tet Offensive. Bursts over water. Shrapnel hits water. Several marines sit near brick wall. Marine aims Winchester M-70 30 cal rifle. Many marines run along street toward Viet houses. Marines kneel behind a trailer, and fire M-16 rifles. Marines stand, some marines kneel behind brick wall and look out. Marine talks to his friend and gestures with hands. Marines behind tree point out with hands. They run away from tree. Marines take cover behind a truck. Marine talks into radio. Marines with cover aid another marine to run across dirt road. (Vietnam War period).
View from atop a tall building, of Saigon, Vietnam, during the Tet Offensive by North Vietnamese and Vietcong forces. U.S. ambulances race down a street. A helicopter flies overhead. Camera pans over tops of buildings. U.S. Army UH-1C Huey Gunships (helicopters) from the 191st Assault Helicopter Company, attached to the 9th Infantry Division, fly back and forth over buildings. Scene shifts to an aerial view of the city from open door of a UH-1C Huey Gunship. Smoke rises from an area that the chopper approaches. View of the Huey's gun firing from an open door. view from inside cockpit of the gun ship. Three pairs of rockets are fired from the chopper into the area of smoke. A fighter jet aircraft flies overhead toward the area. Heavy smoke rises. A chopper flies high above as sun sets on horizon. View of rooftops in twilight, with smoke still rising in background and a UH-1C Huey Gunship flying very low over rooftops toward the smoke. Explosion and flame seen in center of the smoking area, followed by a heavy explosion. a fighter jet overhead and another explosion from the combat area.
Tet Offensive underway in Saigon, during the Vietnam War. U.S. Army UH-1B helicopters in flight over buildings. Vietnamse civilians on the terrace or rooftop of a building. Massive clouds of smoke rise from fires and bombed areas in distance. Explosions seen.
U.S. Army 199th Light Infantry Brigade soldiers following a ceremony honoring their Chaplain, Captain Angelo Liteky, who received the DSC. A Distinguished Service Cross (DSC) on the Chaplain's uniform. M-113 Armored Personnel Carriers (APCs) lined up. The Chaplain talks to the members of the press. (Vietnam War period).