United States Navy patrol boats (Swift Boats) underway at a sea in Vietnam. Sailors aboard the patrol boats. They load grenade launchers and 50 caliber machine guns. Mortar shells are unpacked from casings. Mortar is loaded and fired. Smoke rises up due to explosions at the base of mountains near the shore.
United States Navy patrol boats (Swift Boats) underway at a sea in Vietnam. Sailors aboard the patrol boats fire 50 caliber machine guns. Mortar shells are loaded and fired. Smoke rises up due to explosions at the base of mountains near the shore. Bullets of 50 caliber machine guns hit the water surface and the beach. A United States flag on the boat.
United States F-105Ds and F-105Fs leave for a mission in Vietnam during the Vietnam War. United States F-105 Ds and F-105 Fs parked along the runway in Vietnam. F-105Ds and F-105 Fs with 750 lb general purpose bombs, pull out of the parking and taxi down the runway. A F-105D with Wild Weasel pod and a F-105F with a Shrike taxi along the runway as they leave for the mission. Pilots in the cockpit of aircraft as it taxis.
U.S. President Richard Nixon and South Vietnamese President Nguyen Van Thieu on Midway Island during the Vietnam War. President Nixon standing with an officer on an airfield. A Pan American aircraft taxiing on the airfield. The aircraft taxiing into a parking area. A crowd gathered on the airfield. President Nixon and naval officer walking towards the ramp of the aircraft. A group of station officers in white uniforms beside the aircraft. President of South Vietnam Nguyen Van Thieu and other officials debarking from the aircraft. President Nixon greeting the officials at the base of the ramp. People taking pictures of the event. President Nixon and President Thieu with the officials walking away from the aircraft. President Nixon introduces American officials to President Thieu. President Thieu shakes hands with the officials. The Presidents talking. The officials standing beside them. Both the Presidents get on to a speaker's stand to receive honors. The Presidents standing at attention on the stand. Honor guards coming to present arms. U.S. Navy Ceremonial Guards present arms. A band master directing a U.S. Marine Corps band. The station officers saluting. President Nixon and President Thieu leave the stand to inspect the honor guards. The Presidents with a U.S. Marine Corps officer inspecting the honor guards.
Big Picture depicts the U.S. soldiers in Vietnam during the Vietnam War. Paintings of United States soldiers and firing of artillery during the Vietnam War in Vietnam. A CH-47 helicopter lands at hilltop fire base. U.S. troops on patrol First Lieutenant leads a squad. They ignite orange smoke flare to mark landing zone for Huey chopper (Bell UH-1 helicopter) that lands and picks them up. View of squad inside helicopter. U.S. troops sweep for mines. U.S. tanks equipped for mine clearing. Huey chopper fires missiles. Tank fires artillery. U.S. artillerymen fire 155 mm long tom gun. Soldier fires fully automatic hand-held weapon.
New class of replacements go through the 3 day course at the 1st Air Cavalry Division Combat Training Center in Vietnam. Replacements inspect AH-1G helicopter parked on an airstrip in Vietnam. Views of the interior of helicopter. Soldiers watch the instrument panel of the helicopter. (Vietnam War period).
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