U.S. Marines carry wounded Marine on poncho across grassy field in South West Danang, Vietnam. Marines give arm and hand signals to CH46A helicopter. The helicopter lowers and releases sling. Walking wounded Marine assisted across grassy field toward rear of idling CH-46A helicopter. Marines hold legs of 81mm mortar. Marine loads rounds into tube of 81mm mortar. Several Marines stand in area, looking on. Marine holds M-72 66 mm LAW which is aimed out. Marine seated on the ground using compass board to determine direction of fire. Marine holds phone of radio to his ear. (Vietnam War period).
U.S. Marines firing 81mm high explosive rounds out in Danang, Vietnam. Other mortar crew does the same. Marines carry boxes of 'C' rations and stack them near other Marines. Marines kneel in grass field near 60 mm mortar which he loads and fires out. Marine loads high explosive round into 60 mm mortar tube and fires it out. Marines carry wounded Marine on stretcher. Wounded loaded aboard UH34D helicopter. Walking wounded Marine assisted by Marines across grass area. UH34D medivac helicopter takes off. Marine with cart belt, canteens and pack seated on ground, fires his M-16 rifle toward wooded and bushy area in the background. Marine fires his M-60 machine gun. Assistant machine gunner untangles belted ammunition. Marine fires his M-79 grenade launcher out. (Vietnam War period).
U.S. Marine Engineer places C-4 explosive with fuse atop dud 105 mm howitzer round lying in dirt area in Danang, Vietnam. He picks up M-16 rifle and walks away. U.S. Marines move carrying board or aiming stake. Marines move through shallow pool of water. Marine assists another Marine on grassy dirt bank. A Marine reads mail. (Vietnam War period).
United States 720th military police battalion soldiers move out of a detachment station in Vung Tau province in Vietnam. They get into a military jeep and move away. They stop by the roadside and talk to a local man as he tells them about an accident. One of the officers takes notes. (Vietnam War period).
Soldiers of United States 720th military police battalion in a patrol boat at De Long Pier in Vung Tau in Vietnam. United States flag and a banner reading military police seen atop the patrol boat. A soldier cleans a .50 cal machine gun as an officer looks on. Soldier steers the boat. The boat patrols the shoreline. Military police officers stop a sampan sailing through the sea. A sampan is a flat bottomed wooden boat. A rope is hooked on the edge of the sampan and a Vietnamese and an American officer gets on to the sampan for patrolling. They talk to two local women on board the sampan and take notes. An officer of United States looks on from the patrolling boat. The two officers search the sampan thoroughly. (Vietnam War period).
An officer of United States 720th military police battalion questions American soldiers at a station house in Vung Tau in Vietnam. A military police clerk takes down notes. Another military police officer arrives at the station house in a jeep. An officer conveys message through a wireless system. After the questioning gets over officers leave the station house in a jeep. (Vietnam War period).
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