A man stands on a wharf in New York City. Crowd gathers to bid farewell to the passengers on the ocean liner SS Leviathan, of the United States Lines, as she departs from New York. People on board the ship wave. The ship departs amidst salutes from fireboats spraying water, Dirigibles, and airplanes, including one spraying streams of water.
United States Army 1st Infantry Division nicknamed 'Big Red One' arrives at the beach. American color guard on a beach in Vietnam. General William C Westmoreland, Commander General, U.S. Army, Vietnam, on the beach landing area. Major General Jonathan O Seaman, Commander General 1st Infantry Division, on beach. He converses with Brigadier General John "Jack" Norton, Commander of the 1st Air Cavalry Division and Colonel Curt Aronson of his Division. .A Landing Craft Utility (LCU) arrives carrying the first contingent of the 1st Infantry Division. As the troops disembark, General Westmoreland shakes hands with first two soldiers. The soldiers carry barrack bags. Remainder of the film shows troops offloading from the LCU and making their way across the sand past the Generals and the color guard.(Vietnam War period).
United States Army 1st Infantry Division nicknamed 'Big Red One' arrives in Vietnam. Landing Craft Utility (LCU) heads for the beach. Mountains in the background. LCU approaches USNS Daniel I Sultan. Soldiers board LCU from Sultan. Soldiers relax on the deck of LCU. African American soldiers are among those seated on barracks bags on LCU. (Vietnam War period).
United States Arm 1st Infantry Division nicknamed 'Big Red One' arrives in Vietnam. Soldiers come off gangway from USNS Daniel I Sultan to Landing Craft Utility (LCU). LCU pulls away. LCU underway. LCU crowded with soldiers. LCU heads for the Sultan. (Vietnam War period).
Aftermath of the Tet Offensive bombing on United States Embassy (4 Le Duan Blvd., District 1, Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam) in Saigon, Vietnam. American flag flying from roof of the damaged building. Shattered windows of the building. Rubble outside building. Men inspecting debris. Bent streetcar tracks with ground blasted underneath.
Aftermath of Tet offensive bombing on the United States Embassy (4 Le Duan Blvd., District 1, Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam) in Saigon, Vietnam. Shattered windows of the Embassy. Wreckage of car which carried the explosives. Another damaged building. Wrecked cars in street. Burned-out motor scooter. U.S. Embassy seal above entrance. Smashed windows. U.S. Military Police on guard outside the building. Several people stand in front of the U.S. Embassy.
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