Battle of Khe Sanh between January 1968 to April 1968, during the Vietnam War. Aerial view of battlefield terrain in valley of Khe Sanh surrounded by mountains and ridges. Military jeep moves on road. Wounded marine carried on litter. Bomb explodes near plane. Supplies at airbase. The American flag on a mountain. David E Lownds, Colonel, U.S. Marine Corps, Commanding Officer, Khe Sanh, speaks. The Colonel explains the location of battle with help of a terrain model. Bombs dropped on mountains. Marines fire artillery. An African American marine loads a mortar and another Marine fires it. Airfield prepared at Khe Sanh. Marines dig trenches. Marines patrol in woods. American military aircraft in flight. U.S. officers look at map on light table. General William Westmoreland gets into helicopter at airbase. Bell UH-1B Iroquois Huey helicopter lands after short flight. U.S. officers leave the helicopter. General Westmoreland and marines check the location. Marines examine aerial reconnaissance photo images on light tables. Sign reads 'Welcome to Khe Sanh Matcu 62 Airfield'. Reinforcing Marines arriving at Khe Sanh airfield and exiting rear of C-130 aircraft with barracks bags and supplies. Supplies dropped by small parachutes from planes in flight. Flashback scenes of French paratroopers landing in the same area during 1954 in the Indochina War. French forces in battle. French advance with heavy artillery but did not win the war. Armistice signed by leaders in Geneva. Scenes return to 1968 with Marines in sandbag bunkers at Khe Sanh. Wide view of terrain at Khe Sanh. U.S. marines in trenches during battle. African American marine eating a ration. Colonel Lownds speaks. White and African American Marines move through jungle terrain. Marines firing artillery at North Vietnamese forces. Aircraft on bombing run. Explosions at Khe Sanh as ammunition dump is hit and explodes in multiple heavy explosions. Heavy artillery attack by North Vietnamese at Khe Sanh and smoke rises from explosions during battle. U.S. Marines in series of trenches firing back at enemy. Explosions on American base airfield near parked helicopter and near a moving C-130 aircraft as it taxis and prepares to take off from runway.
A political advertisement in the United States prior to the 1968 Presidential Election promotes Republican party nominee Richard Nixon. Still images show U.S. Vice President Hubert Humphrey becoming a Democratic nominee at a tumultuous convention in Chicago, Illinois which was marred by disorder. Images of violent confrontations between antiwar protesters and police in the United States during the 1960s. Images depicting poverty in rural are urban areas of the United States. U.S. soldiers in Vietnam. (Vietnam War period).
1st Air Cavalry Dv. of Operation Delaware. Group of soldiers seen on the ground at Camp Evans. UH-1D copter land and a group of soldiers get down. Pictures of helicopter leaving and soldiers walking through a bushy path. 17 April 1968. (Vietnam War period).
1st Air Cavalry Dv. of Operation Delaware. CH-47 helicopter seen with load of supplies. Wreckage of CH-47. Soldiers seen adjusting 105mm Howitzer and marking some path. Officers talking amongst themselves. 22 April 1968. (Vietnam War period).
United States O-2 plane in flight over Ho Chin Minh Trail near Pleiku Air Force Base in Vietnam. Ho Chin Minh Trail with results of bomb hits in earlier missions. Areas struck by bombs amidst trees. Plane flies over the area.
United States 1st Cavalry Division soldiers during phase II of Operation Mosby in Vietnam. Soldiers of United States 1st Cavalry division work on a M-102 105 mm Howitzer on a field in Pleiku, Vietnam. A soldier speaks on a hand radio as soldiers fire the 105 mm Howitzer. Howitzer being fired and smoke rises. A plane in flight in the background. United States Army CH-47 Chinook helicopter landed on a field as a M-274 mule loaded with boxes comes off the helicopter. Supply boxes being unloaded from the helicopter by soldiers. (Vietnam War period).
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