Vietcong Tet Offensive underway in Saigon, Vietnam during Vietnam War. A burned out truck on a narrow street in Saigon. U.S. Army soldiers duck for cover behind the wrecked truck. Trees on either side of the street. A U.S. soldier who is badly burned and wounded is being treated by other soldiers on the street. He is placed on a stretcher and then into an ambulance for evacuation. Another wounded soldier is placed on a litter. American soldiers and military police at the roadside. They hold rifles.
Operation Game Warden in Mekong Delta, Republic of Vietnam. United States UH-1B helicopter lifts off for a strike at night. Running lights of the copter seen. Flares burn in the sky. Rockets and gun tracers head towards Viet Cong targets during the night strike. (Vietnam War period).
Activities of the U.S. Navy Coastal Division aboard Swift Boats in Vietnam. A soldier on the Swift Boat checks the identification of personnel of fishing boats. One man picks up an M-16 Rifle. Another man looks through some papers in a plastic bag. Boat at a high speed run. Swift Boat tied up to the Mother Ship. Interior view of the quarters of a Swift Boat. Flags fly from the stern of a boat. Swift Boat moves out in the bay in background. Stern view of a LCM (Mike Boat) and Swift Boat underway. Hilly terrain seen beyond the bay. Starboard quarter view of PCF (Patrol Craft Fast) or Swift Boat docks at pier. (Vietnam War period).
Activities aboard PBRs (Patrol Boat River) during Operation Giant Sling Shot in Vietnam. A crewman scrubs down the deck of a PBR. Another PBR drifts. Trees alongside a riverbank. Vietnamese on the riverbank. Tracers go through the sky during a fire fight between the PBRs and the North Vietnamese Army at night. A PBR underway at a high speed. Tracers seen in the background. (Vietnam War period).
Activities aboard PBRs (Patrol Boat River) during Operation Giant Sling Shot in Vietnam. A gunner on board a PBR dons a flak jacket (Soldier's last name is Pease, seen on jacket). Other crewmen stands behind him. A .50 caliber machine gunner at his post in a helmet and a flak jacket. Hands of the machine gunner arms his gun. The PBR in a river. Smoke rises from the river bank (Vietnam War period).
U.S. soldiers of 5th Battalion, 12th Infantry, 199th Light Infantry Brigade in Vietnam. An M113 APC (Armored Personnel Carrier) arrives at a fire base with Christmas mail. The soldiers gather around the APC. Packages and letters are distributed to the men by a soldier atop the M113. (Vietnam War period).
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