Soldiers of the 199th Light Infantry Brigade seated on the field at Fire Base Stephanie in Bien Hoa province, South Vietnam. U.S. Army Chaplain Captain Angelo Liteky is concluding the Eucharist (Communion) using a cardboard box for an altar. He finishes the ceremony, drinks the wine from the chalice and covers it. Scene shifts to the Chaplain dispensing communion wafers to Army soldier communicants. Another view of Chaplain Liteky completing Communion service at makeshift altar. He then reads from an altar card, crosses himself, and blesses the gathering of Army soldiers, several of whom then return pamphlets they used to follow and participate in the Mass. (Vietnam War period).
Activities of the United States Army in South Vietnam during the Battle of Khe Sanh of the Vietnam War. U.S. Army troops including African American soldiers load and fire an M-107, 175 mm self propelled gun from a revetment. One of the soldiers talks over a phone. Smoke rises from the firing of the gun. The howitzer is turned to fire in another direction.
Activities of the United States Army in South Vietnam during the Battle of Khe Sanh of the Vietnam War. Marines in sandbagged positions on the battlefield. They change barrels of a .50 caliber machine gun. Battlefield terrain shown, with smoke on a ridge in distance. The marines walk in a trench. They move across a field.
Activities of the United States Army in South Vietnam during the Battle of Khe Sanh of the Vietnam War. Sandbagged PX modules for marines at a place. The marines make purchases from the module. They buy pen, cigarettes and other things from the PX module.
Activities of the United States Army in South Vietnam during the Battle of Khe Sanh of the Vietnam War. U.S. Army General William C. Westmoreland arrives at a battlefield. He discusses with a group of soldiers. He sits in a helicopter and the helicopter takes off. He comes out of the helicopter and arrives at a battlefield in a jeep. He stands on the jeep and addresses the troops.
The Battle of Khe Sanh during the Vietnam War in South Vietnam. Flares descend on a battlefield at night. Flashes of gunfire on the horizon.