Close up view of the American flag fluttering on top of sandbags at Khe Sanh Combat Base, Vietnam. View of the sun setting at dawn in the background. (Vietnam War period).
Aerial view of towns in Vietnam. Aerial view of trees and rice paddy fields. Aerial view of American base. Billets and U.S. army trucks parked alongside them. (Vietnam War period).
General William C Westmoreland, the Commander of U.S. Forces in Vietnam, talks with men of the 1st Battalion, 327th Infantry at the U.S. Airborne Brigade base camp in Phanrang, South Vietnam. General Westmoreland talks with reporters. They pose for camera. General and others leave area in jeep.
U.S. 60th Infantry Regiment, 5th Battalion in Rach Kien, Vietnam during the Vietnam War. A board reads 'C CO 5 Bn 60 Inf Charle Rangers'. Soldiers move around at the base. A parked truck. United States Army UH-1D Iroquois helicopters land. A pilot at the controls of a helicopter. Soldiers disembark from the helicopter. The helicopter flies off. The soldiers conduct a search in a deserted hut.
View of United States Air Force Strategic Air Command (SAC) B-52 bombers parked at Barksdale Air Force Base, Louisiana. They taxi to positions closer to the runway to facilitate quicker launch in the event of an enemy attack without much early warning. Electrical power and heat or air conditioning is suppliied to each aircraft from motorized ground units. Yellow conduits are seen extending into the aircraft cockpits. Various views ot the B-52s in position. Scene shifts to the base alert facility, where an alarm sounds and aircrews respond to vehicles pre-parked on the ramp outside. Closeup of responding aircrew members boarding their vehicles. Next, they are seen boarding their respective aircraft that then start engines and begin to taxi out for takeoff. Views of B-52s taxiing toward the runway. Since this is only an exercise, upon reaching the runway, the aircraft taxi down it and thrn return to their parking places.
Two airmen check official papers and discuss. An airman pushes cart containing film cans to photo laboratory for evaluation and interpretation of films. Captain rings bell for admittance to photo laboratory at Offutt Air Force Base near Omaha in Sarpy County, Nebraska. Door of the photo laboratory is marked with 'Restricted Area'. Interior of the laboratory, two men at work. Technicians open box on cart, take out the film cans and keep them on table. Numbers on cans are noted.
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