A plane in flight over a wooded area during the Vietnam War. Aerial view of dense forest and wooded area in Vietnam. White phosphorus shells burst among trees. Puff of smoke rises.
The Vice President of the United States, Hubert H. Humphrey, visits the U.S. Army Americal Division in Chu Lai, South Vietnam (aka 23rd Infantry). U.S. and Vietnamese flags. Vice President Humphrey, U.S. General William C. Westmoreland, Commandant of U.S. Marine Corps, Robert E Cushman and U.S. Major General Samuel W Koster on a platform. Americal division troops march with flags. Humphrey pins decorations on soldiers and makes a short speech. He shakes hands with one soldier. (Vietnam War period).
A helicopter flies over the runway as U.S. Army RU-8D Beechcraft Seminole aircraft, with olive drab paint job, and serial number 57-6053, makes a successful gear up landing on a foam-covered runway at Ton Son Nhut Air Base in South Vietnam. Ppilot walks away from the plane as firefighters and equipment move in. The aircraft is from the 146th Aviation Company, 224th Aviation Battalion (Radio Research) at Ton Son Nhut Air Base, Saigon. The many antennae, of various types seen on it, are typical of Special Electronic Mission Aircraft that flew so-called electronic intelligence (ELINT) missions.( Note: This landing was skillfully executed by the pilot with both engines feathered and props rotated to minimize contact with the ground..) (Vietnam War period).
U.S. soldiers fire howitzers at 25th Infantry Division Headquarters in Cu Chi, Vietnam. Use of FADAC (Field Artillery Digital Automatic Computer) in U.S. 25th Infantry Division Headquarters. Battery D, 3rd Battalion, 13th Artillery, 25th Infantry Division fire M-110 SP 8-inch howitzer mounted on tank. A crewman carries canister. Another round is loaded and fired. Two men put shell on loader up to the howitzer. The howitzer is elevated. The crewman tightens fuse on the ground and hands it up on cradle. (Vietnam War period).
Battery D, 3rd Battalion, 13th Artillery, 25th Infantry Division makes use of FADAC (Field Artillery Digital Analysis Computer) at Division Headquarters in Cu Chi, Vietnam. Two soldiers of 25th Infantry Division carry FADAC into an M-577 Command-Post armored vehicle. A computer is set up and connected. FADAC panel in view. A 400-cycle 110 Volt generator. Interiors of the M-577 shows an operator operating the computer. (Vietnam War period).
Opening scene shows view from cockpit of a U.S. Army Sikorsky H-34 Helicopter flying over Dong Xoai, Vietnam. View from the ground as the helicopter descends to land. Scene shifts to the ground, where heavy battle damage is evident in structures and surroundings. U.S. soldiers stand near damaged cemetery. Severe battle damage is shown with gaping holes in a building. Also shown are some captured arms left after the end of the Viet Cong assault on the town and its airstrip (defended by 400 South Vietnamese troops). Members of a local family , including several small children, each search through wreckage for any surviving belongings. ARVN (Army of Vietnam) soldiers help search through rubble. Survivors are seen carrying their few belongings as they leave the destroyed town to seek shelter elsewhere. More views of the battle damaged town. A U.S. Army Colonel is seen conversing with an ARVN officer. More views of damaged town. The U.S. Navy aircraft carrier, USS Midway (CVA-41) is seen carrying a deck full of mostly F-4 Phantom fighter aircraft. Closeup on deck shows several aircraft displaying the tail code "NE" of Carrier Air Wing Two (CVW-2). Closeup of a Douglas A-1H Skyraider aircraft being cleared for takeoff from an aircraft carrier. Closeup of pilot in open cockpit of a Vought F-8 Crusader aircraft that displays shark teeth at its engine intake, and a tear drop on its fuselage. Closeup of an A-1H taking off from carrier deck.