1st Air Cavalry Dv. of Operation Delaware. CH-47 helicopter seen with load of supplies. Wreckage of CH-47. Soldiers seen adjusting 105mm Howitzer and marking some path. Officers talking amongst themselves. 22 April 1968. (Vietnam War period).
Communist Massacre in Hue, Vietnam. Atrocities by the Viet Cong on the residents of Hue following the 1968 Tet offensive. Machine guns fire and bomb explosions. People flee Hue during siege of the city. Refugees with belongings run as city is bombed. Houses burn and woman cries. Civilians flee across pontoon bridge laid across boats next to wrecked Truong Tien steel bridge. Carts, rickshaws, and vehicles abandoned in the streets. (Vietnam War period).
A Viking crew member wearing a black tam and sun glasses stands at Soc Trang base in Vietnam. The tam has the words 'Devils of the delta' written on it along with an insignia. UH-1B helicopter tries to take off but cannot, due to too much weight. A crew man loads rocket in the rocket pod on the port side. Red beam light on top of the helicopter revolves as words of caution on the rocket pod are seen. Rotor blades of he helicopter move as it prepares to take off. UH-1B helicopter lifts off.
Firing in support of PBRs during Operation Game Warden in Vietnam. The pilot and the co pilot of a U.S. Army Seawolf helicopter in flight. A gunner in the waist hatch looks down over the water. The helicopter in flight for support of the PBRs (Patrol Boat River). A PBR near a river bank. Grasslands along the river bank. The helicopter fires machine guns in support of the PBRs. Smoke rises from the area in Me Kong Delta. It is the Viet Cong territory. The helicopter fires rockets and banks off. Shadow of the helicopter in the river. Waist gunners near their guns. The helicopter flies towards the ground. (Vietnam War period).
Aerial view of U.S. Army Americal Division base (aka 23rd Infantry Division) at Chu Lai in Vietnam. River delta in background. Billets scattered all over the base. Quarters of soldiers. Trucks and jeep parked on side of a building. Farms and rice paddy fields (Vietnam War period).
Operation Somerset Plain of 101st Air Cavalry Dv. U.S. Soldier removing bullets from his M-16 rifle and putting them in a can. He is also seen cleaning his rifle with a shaving brush and a toothbrush. August 1968. (Vietnam War period).