American soldier fire M-16 rifle behind wall. Army ambulance parked at the end of alley. Soldier at M-60 machine gun nearby. UH-1B helicopters fly over. U.S. soldiers in jeeps passing streets. V-100 armored commando car drives into alley. Soldiers fire rifles from behind cover of concrete wall. Soldiers rush forward to wrecked truck and V-100 in alley.
Genevieve de Galard returns to France. She was a French nurse stationed in Hanoi and flew in casualty evacuation flights. She was named as the "Angel of Dien Bien Phu". Evacuated casualties from the battle of Dien Bien Phu carried to a van in Hanoi. Views of Galard, who refused freedom to stay with the wounded Communist captives. Galard flies to Paris and is welcomed by her mother. Large crowd gathers for welcoming her. She addresses the press.
Rubble in aftermath of the Tet Offensive fighting at Hue shows damaged buildings and debris on streets. Destroyed buildings with piles of rubble. A group of children sits in large opened doorway. Vietnamese troops stand, along sidewalk outside shops. Destroyed Truong Tien Bridge with many people on the bridge where a damaged span meets the water. Large group of Vietnamese troops boards landing craft. American soldiers aboard landing craft. Men in landing craft fire at shoreline in the far background. American soldier leans up against tree as he looks down the empty street. U.S. Marines fire m-60 machine guns. Marines fire recoilless rifle from mechanical mule. Troops move on double behind the mechanical mule. Haze and smoke in the background.
U.S. Marines clean M-14 rifles with paint brush. Dirt embankment in the background. Marines prepare to fire 60mm mortar in grassy area. Barbed wire in the foreground and building in the background. Marine team fires 60mm mortar. View of Truong Tien Bridge.
Marines stand around 40 pound Shape Charges (explosives). Marines stand near a building in the background. Marines connect white wire on top of Shape Charge. Marine smokes while he works. Marine with red cap looks through an instrument. Marines with M-14 rifled slung around necks, carry 30 pound Shape Charges. Marines walk with explosives. White smoke rises in the background. Destroyed bridge in the background. Marines walk by the houses. Marines run toward buildings in the background. Marines stand near fence and talk to civilian. Young Vietnamese girl walks to marines near fence. Marine gives her first aid.
Vietnamese men, women, and children escaping during fall of Saigon as it is taken by North Vietnamese at the end of the Vietnam War. Vietnamese civilians cross flight deck from a UH-1 helicopter that brought them to the USS Midway. Sailors push the helicopter overboard. Another UH-1 flies over a small U.S. Navy launch and the helicopter ditches in the sea. The launch moves in to pick up evacuees from the water.
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