Refugees from city of Hue receive food, clothing and medical aid from American soldiers during the Vietnam War. Children eat food. Refugees sit at a safe place. Doctor checks them. Aerial view of wrecked Truong Tien Bridge over the Perfume River, and aerial view of Hue city.
Dead Vietcong lay on ground on outskirts of Tan Son Entrance Air Force Base. U.S. personnel in the background. U.S. personnel check out area following attack. ARVN personnel look over captured Vietcong ammo. B-40 rocket and grenade lay in grass. Dead Vietcong lay in tall grass, another in foreground. U.S. and ARVN personnel talk and look over dead Vietcong. CH-37 helicopter approaches for landing, kicking up much dust. American trooper takes pictures of dead Vietcong. Man examines dead Vietcong. Ammunition and grenades removed from body. Pile of B-40 rockets and grenades accumulated by U.S. forces in field near dead Vietcong lying in grass. (Vietnam War period).
Tet offensive attack by Viet Cong, during Vietnam War. Hole blown in wall of U.S. Embassy compound in Saigon. B-40 rocket and other explosives removed from dead Vietcong. EOD (Explosive Ordnance Disposal) men remove explosives from bodies of dead on U.S. embassy grounds in Saigon.Troopers walk on embassy grounds. Vietnamese man and woman at gates. Dead body of Vietcong on embassy grounds. The building damaged. General Westmoreland talks with slightly injured personnel on the scene.
U.S. soldiers around two jeeps and a truck alongside road. Soldiers pull out a jeep from a street. V-100 armored commando car backs out from a narrow alley. Soldiers and MP fire rifles and machine guns in alley. Soldiers duck and run away from truck which blocks the alley. V-100 approaches. Soldiers follow behind V-100 as it drives slowly into alley. Soldiers fire at building. Soldier under cover of tree rapid fires his M-16 rifle. Soldiers pull a wounded MP (Military Police) from alley. Medic treats wounded as V-100 drives past in the background. (Vietnam War period).
Scenes of Vietnamese people as they flee Hue during communist siege of the city in 1968 Tet offensive during the Vietnam War. Refugees with belongings run as city is bombed. Houses burned. Woman cries after crossing remains of a destroyed bridge over river. Scenes changes to one year later: Long line of Vietnamese on way to newly discovered mass grave on March 25, 1969. Vietnamese civilians dig and on March 27, 1969 they begin to uncover bodies in the sand which show signs of torture. Locals try to identify dead. Second mass grave uncovered. Dead bodies and body parts. Third mass burial uncovered. Men at local authorities meeting. Assembly point for hundreds of coffins. Incense burning. Mourners at coffin. Coffin opened and woman looks at remains. Flowers and incense burning on coffins. Buddhist ceremonies shows coffins prepared for procession. Women grieve. Shrine at cemetery.
American comedian Bob Hope performs for United Service Organization (USO) at Tan Son Nhut air base in Vietnam. Bob Hope's entertainment troupe walk towards the stage. General Nguyen Cao Ky walks with the entertainment troupe. General Westmoreland arrives with Bob Hope.
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