United States Navy soldiers of the Light Attack Squadron VAL-4 after arrival in Vietnam briefed by a customs officer. Customs officer uses a microphone to address the navy men. An official inspects a cardboard box. A navy men wipes his bunk at the barracks in Binh Thuy, Vietnam. Luggage of the soldiers lying on floor, beneath their bedding. Luggage carrier moves inside the barracks. (Vietnam War period).
A change of command at 2nd Field Force Artillery Headquarters at Long Binh, Vietnam. A U.S. 2nd Field Force soldier poses. A sign reads 'Headquarters II Field Force Vietnam Artillery'. Soldiers walk around outside the headquarters. Unit flags at the headquarters. Passing of colors to the new commander. Troops lined up on a field. Brigadier General Leo D. Kinnard speaks to the troops. Brigadier General Francis J. Roberts addresses troops. Lieutenant General Julian J. Ewell shakes hands with both of the brigadier generals. (Vietnam War period).
U.S. Air Force munitions handlers unload M117 General Purpose Bombs from a flat bed truck trailer. They roll them by their tail fins and then strap them one by one onto an MJ-1A/B Aerial Stores Lift Truck (Jammer) which they then use to raise each bomb up into a slot in a multi-bomb storage rack. View from storage rack as the team of two handlers approaches transporting an M117 bomb to be placed in the rack. Another munitions handler helps secure the bomb into the rack. The team continues to move bombs into the rack. View of a fully loaded rack of bombs on its low mobile trailer, and then view of being pulled from the area by a tractor truck.
View from UH-1 (Huey) helicopter flying over Mekong Delta region of South Vietnam, during the Vietnam War. Scene shifts to view from vehicle moving along the ground, of smoke rising from several places in the distance. Republic of Vietnam Army soldiers (of the ARVN 18th Division) walk across a grassy field after leaving a UH-1 helicopter (unseen). View from the helicopter, taking off. The propwash, from its rotor, blows the grass around the troops, as it lifts off. A UH-1 passing the camera at low altitude. View from helicopter in flight, of another UH-1 flying close to the ground, below, casting a shadow on the ground as it passes. Glimpse from inside a UH-1, with gun sticking out the open door.
Captured enemy ammunitions and weapons in Vietnam. Officer picks up bomb shell and looks at them. Another officer writes on note pad. Officer fixes Bayonet to rifle. Army of Republic of Vietnam(ARVN) troops watch. Officer watches barrel alignment. Soldier carries rifle. A soldier carries rocket shell. (Vietnam War period).
Soldiers of Army of Republic of Vietnam captures Viet Cong members as Prisoners of War in Vietnam. Soldier holds a young boy by the collar as he weeps badly. Later he leaves the boy. Arrested prisoners are made to march across the field and are interrogated by the soldiers on the porch of a building. Prisoners are presented before a Senior Officer. (Vietnam War period).
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