South Vietnamese President Nguyen Van Thieu and Vietnamese Vice President Nguyen Cao Ky visit Plei Me High School and review Montagnard troops in Vietnam during the Vietnam War. President Thieu and Vice President Ky walk past lined up schoolgirls. A Vietnamese band plays music at Pleiku airport. President Thieu reviews Montagnard troops. President Thieu, Vice President Ky and Commanding General Montagnard II Corps Lieutenant General Vinh Loc salute the troops standing in formation. President Thieu walks past crates of Japanese medical supplies. President Thieu and Japanese Ambassador to Vietnam seated. The Japanese Ambassador makes a speech at a podium.
Opening slate reads: "Operation Rio Grande" and shows partial date of "11-2....." (The complete date is November 20-27, 1967, when this Search and Destroy mission was launched by the U.S. Marines 5th and 7th Brigades with South Vietnamese forces support during the Vietnam War.) A U.S. Marine jet aircraft dives low and drops a bomb on a Viet Cong position. View from overflying CH-46A helicopter of others maneuvering low over rice paddies, where smoke rises from some small fires, possibly from helicopter M60 machine gun fire. Helicopters parked with rotors turning on a large open field. Helicopters maneuvering low above the ground, and then climbing and departing the area.
United States Marine Corps Pilots of VMF (AW) 232 (Red Devils), conversing at an office in a trailer, at Da Nang Airbase, South Vietnam. Major B A Martin in flight suit sits at a desk. He briefs another pilot, Captain Herb Jellander. Major Martin writes on a pad. Captain Jellander smiles and converses with Major. Major Martin mark positions on blackboard, explains and then rubs it off. He returns to his desk. ( Note: In July, 1967, Major Bruce A. Martin's F-8E was hit by enemy fire and he was forced to eject. He parachuted safely and was picked up.) (Vietnam War period).
Segment of movie showing activities of Viet Cong during the Vietnam War. It was captured by U.S. and South Vietnam forces during Operation Junction City, in 1967. It shows Viet Cong digging deep trench in the jungle, circa 1965.
VNAF (Vietnam Air Force) and USAF (United States Air Force) officers in a combat control room at a U.S. base in Pleiku, Vietnam during the Vietnam War. VNAF and USAF officers discussing a request for an air strike against Viet Cong positions. Officers receiving phone calls. Officers talking and checking a wall map against intelligence photographs.
United States 1st Cavalry Division soldiers during phase II of Operation Mosby in Vietnam. Soldiers of 1st Cavalry division question a blindfolded Viet Cong suspect on a field in Pleiku, Vietnam. The suspect points out towards an area where the Viet Cong may be hiding. U.S. soldiers look at a map and confer. A blindfolded Viet Cong suspect squats on ground and eats ration. He points out an area on a map to American officers. Officers seated on the ground as they check the map. (Vietnam War period).
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