Various scenes in unedited mix covering arrival of USO troupe aboard the USS Hancock. View of pilot in the cockpit of H-46 Sea Knight helicopter approaching the aircraft carrier USS Hancock ( CVA-19) as seen through the cockpit window. View from hovering helicopter as sailor crosses deck to assist landing. Sailors securing the chopper. Sailors gathered around USO Troupe members, and H-46 Sea Knight helicopter of HC-3 "Packrats.". Sailors and USO troupe members on flight deck overlooking open hangar deck below. Carrier island in background. Vought F-8 Crusader of Navy Squadron VF-24 on the flight deck. Douglas A-4F Skyahawk aircraft is seen displaying Logo of Squadron VA-212 ("Rampant Raiders"). USO troupe members walk about on deck. H-46 Sea Knight helicopter lands on the USS Hancock.
George Rhodes rehearses along with the orchestra and cast. USO troupe band member sings while playing guitar. George Rhodes seated next to him. Drummer plays drums. Musicians rehearse with a large mirror in the background.
View of old French gun. Quonset hut. United States military personnel dig. Boxes secured with lines, attached to block and tackle. Look out post on top of the hill. Harbor Patrol Command Post on top of the mountain. Sign reads 'Restricted Area, Keep Out'.
A barge-mounted crane lifts Land Craft Mechanized (LCM) onto barge. A tugboat nears the barge. Tugboat tows the barge to harbor.
U.S. Army soldiers of 5th Mechanized Infantry Regiment, "Bobcats," of the 25th Infantry Division, on patrol. They move and fire their M-16 rifles and M-79 grenade launcher during Operation Cedar Falls. African American soldier loads M-60 machine gun and sprays the area with gunfire. Soldiers receive wounds from the accidental tripping of a Viet Cong booby trap. Medics attend leg wounds of a soldier. A wounded is carried on litter. African American medic inserts an intravenous plasma IV into a wounded soldier as another holds his head. (Reportedly, the cameraman who shot this footage was Richard Welsh of the Department of the Army Special Photo Office.)
U.S. medics treat Vietnamese civilians in Medical civic action program (MEDCAP).Several Vietnamese civilians with small children at an outdoor treatment center. A U.S. medic prepares medication on a swab and uses it to treat the skin on a little girl's leg and arm.
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