Cleared and uncleared forest area in Bein Hoa, South Vietnam. U.S. tanks, APCs and troops seen downhill. Bulldozers and Rome plows clear vegetation. Work performed by the U.S. Army 27th Land Clearing Team of the 168th Engr. Bn, supporting the 2nd Bde, 1st Inf Div. (Vietnam War period).
173rd Assault Helicopter Company (Robin Hoods) patrols in Lai Khe, South Vietnam. A helicopter patrols over the jungles. Barrel of the machine gun of the helicopter can be seen. Smoke rises from two places in the jungle. Wild track audio commentary indicates helicopter is doing a troop lift. Helicopter then flies over the sea. Formation of other Assault Helicopters at high altitude, still in air. (Vietnam War period).
173rd Assault Helicopter Company (Robin Hoods) patrols in Lai Khe, south Vietnam. Soldiers talk on wireless ratio sets sitting near mud roads. Few soldiers sit near the helicopters. Soldiers talk standing in groups. Soldiers sit near jeeps and rain water in small mud holes. Infantrymen move with their rifles on mud roads. Helicopter with cap and fir of Robin Hood as insignia. Helicopter with yellow stripe on tail, belonging to 162nd Assault Helicopter Company (Vultures) starts its engine. (Background wild track audio includes unrelated sounds of helicopter pilot communications with command.) (Vietnam War period).
173rd Assault Helicopter Company (Robin Hoods) patrols in Lai Khe, south Vietnam. Soldiers stand near a Bell UH-1 Iroquois "Huey" helicopter and discuss. Clouds low over the jungles. Assault helicopter in flight for a mission. Number of rockets fired one after the other at a target. Helicopters in air firing rockets to destroy the targets. Assault helicopters in formation. Smoke and flames rises from the rocket explosions. Change of scene back at a base, as U.S. Army soldiers load into a Boeing CH-47 Chinook transport helicopter. View of a smaller helicopter with nose art showing unit insignia. Pilots operate the controls inside the cockpit of one of the helicopters. Background wild track audio includes sounds of helicopter pilot communications with command. (Vietnam War period).
U.S. Army soldiers of the 1st Infantry move inside jungles in Lai Khe, South Vietnam. A rifled guard on alert in jungle, another soldier talks to his commander on a wireless radio set. The two soldiers lead a troop of soldiers inside the swamps of the jungle. Background audio includes wild track sounds of the unit's squad radio communications between pilots and command. Involved helicopter company in audio is 173rd Assault Helicopter Company (Robin Hoods) (Vietnam War period).
A soldier repairs helicopter wearing a red base ball cap in Lai Khe, South Vietnam. Other soldiers wear the red cap adopted by the men of the 605th Transportation Company. Two soldiers wearing the red cap work on the engine of a UH-1D helicopter. They fasten bolts and close the engine lid. (Vietnam War period).
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