U.S. Marines in action in the Northern Provinces of South Vietnam, near the DMZ. They are seen in full combat gear, carrying small arms, including recoilless weapons, as they move across green fields where smoke is rising. Next, they are seen spread out and moving across muddy rice paddies. A U.S.jet fighter streaks across a shoreline at low altitude. Views from a Marine jet fighter bomber dropping bombs on Viet Cong targets from low altitude. Explosions on the ground are seen from behind the aircraft as it passes. Brief view from ground of bomb striking and black smoke rising. Closeup (in 1969) of two McDonnell Douglas F-4 Phantoms from U.S. Marine Fighter Attack Squadron 232 (with Red devil insignia on their tails) flying in tight formation. View of pilot in front cockpit an F-4. Aerial view from below of the pair of F-4s. Closeup view from below, as an F-4 releases ordnance in flight. A huge explosion fills the screen as film title slate appeared reading: "Counterpunch." (narrated by Jack Webb). Sign at Marine Corps Air Station, El Toro, California, is shown. Marine sentry at entrance checks identifications of persons arriving at the gatehouse. Marines seen firing mortars, during training. A C-47 transport airplane airdrops supplies to Marines on the ground. Marines in jeeps drive across sand where a bulldozer is working on an airfield under construction. Front view glimpse of a Douglas A-4 Skyhawk aircraft taking off. A pair of Marine Boeing CH-46 Sea Knight helicopters in flight. Group of U.S. Marine Corps officers looking over a model of terrain while being briefed by a Lieutenant Colonel during training "Operation Alligator Hide" in 1967, at the White Beach Marine Corps Base Camp Pendleton in California. Closeup of the detailed mockup of the terrain. Another officer briefs about the use of F-4 and A-4 aircraft support prior to a helicopter assault. Bombs exploding near a bridge. Marines using small 4-wheeled self-propelled open vehicles as they move along a hillside during the exercise. A Captain at a field command post states he will mark a target with white phosphorus (Willy Pete). A tank is seen maneuvering. Pilot is seen responding from cockpit of an A-4 Skyhawk aircraft. An M48A3 Medium Tank is seen on the ground and two F-4s of Squadron 232 in the air. The tank crew fires a white phosphorus round into the hillside, where it generates white smoke. An F-4 is seen flying low toward the area and a bomb explodes on the marked target. Amphibious training is seen, with Marines charging a beach from a landing craft; a tank wading ashore; Marines hit the beach from an LVTP-5 (Landing Vehicle, Tracked, Personnel); Fighter bomber dropping a bomb from offshore; glimpse of Douglas A-4 Skyhawk.
Dignitaries watch a parade in Vietnam. Map of South East Asia and Thailand. A still picture of a fishing junk. Five men stand. A parade in progress as dignitaries look on . Float moves in the parade. People march in parade. Girls dressed in military uniforms march. Large group of girls dressed in long white skirts walk. Dignitaries look on from a stand. Float passes in parade. Young girls march in uniform.
Opening scene shows South Vietnamese soldiers stacking a large cache of intercepted arms destined for the Viet Cong, including a million rounds of small arms ammunition. Also seen are AK-47 rifles and mortar rounds that contain Chinese markings. Camera focuses on the Chinese writing. Next, North Vietnamese leader, Ho Chi Minh, is seen seating himself at a table to talk informally with others, including General Vo Nguyen Giap. (Vietnam War period).
United States aircraft carrier in South China Sea during the Vietnam War. Men working on deck of Essex-class USS Hancock (CV/CVA-19) aircraft carrier. An A-1 Skyraider (VA-215 “Barn Owls” of the United States Navy) is seen loaded and ready with wings folded. Ordnance crew carry rocket to a Vought F-8 Crusader. Ordnance crew attaching the Sidewinder rocket to the rack on the side of the Vought F-8 Crusader. Men stand near a Douglas A-1H Skyraider unfolding its wings. Bombs are seen attached to the bomb racks under the wings of Douglas A-1H Skyraider aircraft. Ordnance crew loading 250 1b. bombs under the starboard outboard station of a Douglas A-1H Skyraider. Squadron aircraft parked on flight deck. A crewman looking through binoculars down onto the flight deck of the USS Hancock. Radar moving beside crewman. Captain Frank B. Stone (Commander of the USS Hancock) and Captain H.S. Matthews Jr. (Executive officer) reading a map together. Captain Stone is seated in a chair holding some official paper work, Captain Matthews standing alongside Captain Stone with a map. Crew men pulling rockets on wheels on the mess deck.
A Vietnamese bay at sunrise. Rooster crowing. Water buffaloes grazing in farm field. A native Vietnamese bird perched on a plant. Farmer wearing nón lá hat plants rice in rice field. Alarm clock wakes a United States soldier. The soldier pulls away mosquito net and rises from his bed. Soldiers taking cold showers in communal shower room with bamboo walls. Mechanical personnel arrive at an American airbase. A U.S. Air Force fighter jet is parked in airfield. A young mechanic wipes the sweat off his forehead. The mechanics start their work. A horse cart in a street market in South Vietnam. Man pushing a cart of sugar cane, girls walk behind him. Vietnamese natives shopping in busy street. Cars and pedestrians pass by a sentry checkpoint.
A United States Air Force transport plane drops leaflets over a jungle during the Vietnam War, in a campaign to convince Vietcong fighters to surrender. A soldier dropping leaflets into a chute. Leaflets being flown towards a mountain. Soldier inspects a reel-to-reel tape player inside a reconnaissance plane. Reconnaissance plane takes off from air strip. Reconnaissance plane drops leaflets and surrender passes over enemy territory. A Vietcong rebel surrenders to South Vietnamese and U.S. Army troops. Vietcong rebel holding a safe conduct pass. Soldier searches the rebel and accepts his surrender pass, then shakes his hand. The soldiers and surrendered Vietcong rebel leave.
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