1st Air Cavalry Division troops at Camp Evans, Thua Thei Province, South Vietnam. Barrel of M-110 Howitzer as it is fired. Cloud of dust. Troops load shells onto M-110 Howitzer and position it for firing. (Vietnam War period).
View of deserted bunkers at Khe Sanh, Vietnam. United States Marine Corp sleeps leaning against drums with a camouflaged net in the foreground. View of trench dug by the Marines and M-16 Rifle in camouflaged net. Barbed wire around Khe Sanh Combat Base, Vietnam. Wide view of landscape and terrain of the area. (Vietnam War period).
U.S. troops arriving in Vietnam undergo processing by the 90th Replacement Battalion. Scene opens showing buses carrying newly arriving U.S. soldiers from the Ben Hoa airbase, to the depot of the 90th Replacement Battalion,near Long Binh, Vietnam. The buses make their way along dirt roads at the base. Various types of shelters, including tents and buildings of light construction are seen. The soldiers leave the buses, carrying personal belongings and manila folders with documents. As the buses pull away, signs in Vietnamese are seen on their sides. Next, the newly arrived soldiers are seen gathered in an open field. Some smoke cigarettes. There appears to be a chapel building in the background. Some soldiers see the camera behind them and wave toward it. A briefer is addressing them from a stand in front of a low building. Next, soldiers are seen entering a building where sign is posted reading: "OFF LIMITS, unless you are processing." (Vietnam War period).
A U.S. Army helicopter gunships being readied for a mission, at Soc Trang, Vietnam during the Vietnam War. A sign reads 'Welcome To Viking Island, Home Of The Blue Diamond, Devils Of The Delta'. A UH-1B Iroquois helicopter parked at the base. The fronts of the helicopters display a big blue diamond with a caricature of a Viking holding a machine gun under each arm spouting flame. These belong to the 13th Aviation Battalion, 121st Assault Helicopter Company of Tigers and Vikings at Soc Trang, Vietnam. (Tigers had lift misssion and Vikings were gunships.)
United States Army soldiers read letters during mail call and look out from Fire Support Base West at Que Son Valley in Vietnam. CH-47 Chinook in flight. CH-47 hovers over hilltop and flies off. Helicopter lands. Soldiers sit on sandbag bunkers. Position overlooks the Que Son Valley. UH-1 Iroquois starts to come down and flies off. Soldiers read letters from home while standing and sitting around bunkers. (Vietnam War period).
U.S. Army 5th Special Forces Group (Airborne) 1st Special Forces base in Cam Ranh Bay, Vietnam. Entrance to the US-ARVN Special Forces training compound. A sign over the entrance reads 'Home of Detachment B 51'. Soldiers walk past military trucks parked at the motor pool. A sign on the shed reads 'Motor Pool'. Two ARVN soldiers fix a tire. A sign for 'Detachment B-51, 5th SFG (ABN) 1st SF' in front of the Orderly Room. A Vietnamese girl walks past the sign. An ARVN Special Forces instructor demonstrates hand to hand combat positions and maneuvers in a field. Trainees follow instructions and practice. (Vietnam War period).
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