A signboard '605th Transportation Company (ADS) Headquarters' and the names of commanding officer and first sergeant written below it. A soldiers in black cap stands near a signboard written 'Airborne, 11th Aviation Bn Pathfinder Det'. The black cap adopted by men of this battalion. Two soldiers at an airbase wearing black caps check sling riggings on 105 mm Howitzer waiting to be airlifted. Soldier fastens strap belts of material to be airlifted. Soldiers in black caps stand and discuss with helicopter pilots. A wireless telephone set at the back of a soldier. A helicopter gets ready for an airlift. (Vietnam War period).
Opening scene shows closeup of a member of the U.S. Army First Infantry Division Long Range Reconnaissance Patrol unit (LRRP) wearing a black beret with parachutist's badge. In background,LRRP members watch as an instructor demonstrates how to field strip a Soviet AK-47 assault rifle. Scene shifts to viewpoint of soldiers watching the instructor. Tents are seen in the background. Closeups of instructor show master parachutist badge on his black beret. Scene shifts again to a large sign containing a large painted logo with a picture of a Vietcong in the center, surrounded by images of black berets. The combat infantryman badge is shown at the top and 1st Infantry Division and MACV recondo badges appear at opposite sides of the sign. (Note: LRRP Units were Airborne, Special Forces. The LRRP Unit of the 1st Infantry Division, shown in these scenes, on January 1st, was, at that time, designated: Company F of the 52nd Infantry Regiment.) (Vietnam War period).
American and South Vietnamese being evacuated from Saigon, by helicopter, during fall of Saigon, at end of Vietnam War. Crew members on the deck of the USS Midway assist those escaping Vietnam. A UH-1D/H Huey helicopter on the deck. Helicopters in flight in the background. A CH-53 helicopter lands and American and South Vietnamese evacuees exit onto the flight deck. They walk along a roped off area and proceed below deck where they are administratively processed.
A plane in flight over a wooded area during the Vietnam War. Aerial view of dense forest and wooded area in Vietnam. White phosphorus shells burst among trees. Puff of smoke rises.
View of signal site attacked by a Vietcong element atop the mountain in Ankhe, South Vietnam. Troops of U.S. 13th Signal Battalion (1st Cavalry Division), 41st Signal Battalion and 54th Signal Battalion. Soldiers unload cases of ammunition from UH-1D atop the mountain. UH-1D takes off. Damaged generators and rubble. OH-47 helicopter lands. (Vietnam War period).
North Vietnamese at a prison camp in Vietnam. A news bulletin shows a news anchor with a map of South East Asia in the background. North Vietnamese taken as prisoners at a prison camp in South Vietnam. The prisoners in a group. Men play sports and learn guitar. A patient being given blood plasma. The prisoners play table tennis at the camp. Patients on cots at a hospital. The news anchor talks about the prisoners at the camp in South Vietnam.
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