A group of U.S. soldiers stands next to MEDEVAC helicopter caring for a wounded man on stretcher. Wounded man moved into MEDEVAC with glucose bottle held by another man. Another wounded man is brought to side of helicopter and taken aboard helicopter. Pilot climbs into cockpit. Helicopter takes off from field at Tan Son Entrance, other UH-1D helicopters in revetments on ground. (Vietnam War period).
U.S. Army troops in a jeep loaded with ammunition, passes it out to men on perimeter line. Soldiers in heavy sandbagged bunker. Jeep backs away with boxes of ammunition on hood. Small armored vehicle disabled. Lookout tower at R6x truck in the background. Few men walk around perimeter of Tan Son Entrance. Wounded man carried on stretcher to side of MEDEVAC helicopter at Tan Son Entrance. Wounded man removed from ambulance. UH-46D helicopter hovers over field in the far background. MEDEVAC takes off. Ambulance passes in the foreground. UH-1B helicopter comes for landing. Helicopters in revetments. Man holds fuel nozzle during refueling of helicopter. He removes nozzle from tank of UH-1B and replaces cap. Men carry supplies to MEDEVAC. (Vietnam War period).
U.S. trooper searches a suspected Vietcong at side of large quonset hut. Two troopers guard the third trooper searching suspected Vietcong. Suspected Vietcong moved off by troopers. Suspect placed in jeep. Suspect in jeep with hands held behind head, man at the back of jeep covers him. Jeep pulls away and passes many supplies at Tan Son Entrance Air Force Base. Jeep stopped at curb. Sentry guards suspect. Suspect stands alongside building. Officers come out of doorway in the background, including a Vietnamese officer. Sentry speaks with U.S. official. Vietnamese officer checks suspect. Suspect lead away by group of officials. (Vietnam War period).
U.S. soldier checks dead Vietcong lying on ground. Smoke rises in the distant background. Soldier removes items from dead Vietcong, turns the body over and picks up B-40 rockets. Bombs explode and smoke rises from area as A-1H helicopters attack Vietcong on perimeter of Tan Son Entrance. U.S. Air Force trooper watches bombs exploding. He moves away. Aircraft in flight. Smoke and fire rise during bombing attack. USAF men stand near vehicle. Two tanks in motion at Tan Son Entrance Airfield. USAF personnel lay prone along runway with M-16s. Men along runway wait to attack. Troops walk towards vehicle. (Vietnam War period).
People march during the Loyalty Day parade, showing support for U.S. action in Vietnam, down Fifth Avenue in New York. Man in uniform salutes. Children band play flute. People show banners. Comedian Martha Raye in military uniform as Honorary Marshall.
The Selective Service System (SSS) holds a draft lottery in 1969. The Lottery selection system chooses soldiers for induction into the Vietnam War. Members of the Selective Service Youth Advisory Committee participate in the draft, choosing birth dates from a glass bowl. The dates are read aloud and posted on the draft board. One young man protests by flashing a Peace sign with his fingers every time he chooses a draft number.
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