A CH-47 Chinook helicopter of the U.S. Army First Aviation Brigade, flies overhead, at Camp Holloway, Pleiku, Vietnam. Blue, sky and white clouds seen above it. Next, it is seen descending vertically over the large bare earth field at the camp, near a white wind sock at the end of a section of the camp paved with pierced steel planking (PSP) aka Marsden matting. The chopper raises huge clouds of red clay dust. Scene shifts to the CH-47 settling down on part of field paved with PSP. A helicopter crewman walks past a parked UH-1 Huey helicopter, as a Lockheed C-130 Hercules transport takes off on the camp runway. Camera follows the departing aircraft. Two CH-47s land near the runway. A Cessna O-2 Skymaster plane takes off on the runway. Three UH-1s with engines running, one airborne, near edge of PSP ramp. A UH-1 with engine running near revetments, as soldiers manually move a Hughes OH-6 Cayuse parked nearby. A CH-47 descending to land. Mountains seen in background.
Huts on outskirts of Saigon. Children and woman start to run on other side. Man with red cross on bandana runs carrying child. South Vietnamese ARVN troops fire at Vietcong position. Soldier talks into radio. Troops reload machine guns. (Vietnam War period).
Saigon streets with people shopping, praying to ancestors in temples. Saigon in preparation for Tet festival night. City under attack by Vietcong during start of Tet Offensive. Burning buildings. Refugees leave city during siege. ARVN troops in house-to-house combat and street fights. Saigon radio station on fire and fire fighters fighting blaze in radio station. Vietcong prisoner being taken. Dead Vietcong and captured weapons. (Vietnam War period).
View of the USS Harnett County (LST-821) from a patrol boat circling from her port side. Closeup of a Navy Corpsman in his office clinic aboard. He is filling a box with items to be carried to a South Vietnamese village. He and several crew members enter the village, 30 miles up the Co-Chien River. Two sailors carry the white box, marked with a red cross. A group of Vietnamese children begin to follow them, singing as they go. The children accost one of the crew carrying an armload of treats. He hands one to each child. Views of him passing treats to children crowded around him. Vietnamese mothers and fathers are with the chilren. several soldiers are seen in uniform, of Republic of Vietnam Army (ARVN). The Harnett County's Corpsman has set up a table and is seeing villagers who seek medical advice and assistance. An ARVN soldier helps as interpreter. His patients are mostly the elderly and children. U.S. Naval officer is seen in the gathering. Closeup of the Corpsman as he rides back to the USS Harnett County aboard a patrol boat.
United States Jet aircraft in flight over North Vietnam. Pilot in cockpit. Aerial view of water. Plane flies over land. View of land below. Bombing and explosions. Fire and black smoke rises up due to bombing. Pilot seated at the controls. View of a sea shore.
United States Navy's Search and Rescue mission to rescue a pilot shot down in North Vietnam. The U.S. aircraft in flight over water. Flight deck of a ship. The U.S. Navy HS II helicopter in view. A sign on a door reads 'Stop, briefing in progress'. An officer briefs other men. The officer uses a map on the wall. The helicopter is inspected and checked. Pilots seated in the cockpit. One of them carries a document in his hand. Crew man gives signal to the pilot in the helicopter. The helicopter takes off. Helicopter in flight.
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