United States Army soldier of First Infantry Division exhumes contents from a raised grave crypt during operation activities in Vietnam. Soldiers move through jungle and bushes. Soldiers approach a hut. ARVN interpreter questions a suspect while United States soldiers look on. Soldiers move across the field. (Vietnam War period).
U.S. 20th Helicopter Squadron, Special Forces personnel and Montagnard troops aboard U.S. Army UH-1F Iroquois helicopters en route to a remote village in Vietnam to pick up a suspected Vietcong prisoner during the Vietnam War. Troops leave a UH-1F helicopter as it lands. They run into a jungle. The UH-1F helicopter takes off. The UH-1F unloading troops. Special Forces personnel and Montagnard troops enter the village and bring the prisoner from a hut to the UH-1F. More troops leave the UH-1F. The UH-1F takes off. Aerial view of the village. UH-1Fs land on the field and troops leave a helicopter. Suspected Vietcong prisoner is marched by a Special Forces personnel. UH-1Fs take off.
Opening slate attributes film to SEAPC and Jensen (Southeast Asia Pictorial Center/221st Signal Company based in Long Binh and Chris Jensen). U.S. Army 101st Airborne Division troops pass through jungles of A Shau Valley in Vietnam. U.S. 327th Infantry Airborne regiment, 101st Airborne Division troops climb a mountain in a dense jungle. African American soldier carrying rifle brings up the rear. At one point the soldiers have dumped their ruck sacks and left them with the remainder of the company while they went on a short patrol. The troops on patrol in the jungle. The troops walk through high bushes. The troops fire M-79 grenade launchers as part of a recon patrol. Film taken by the Southeast Asia Pictorial Center/221st Signal Company based in Long Binh. Chris Jensen.
The U.S. Army 101st Airborne Division troops pass through jungles of A Shau Valley in Vietnam U.S. 327th Infantry Airborne regiment, 101st Airborne Division troops wait at the pick up zone. Smoke grenades explode designating the troop pickup zone for pull out. A U.S. Army UH-1B Iroquois helicopter approaches and lands. Soldiers embark the helicopter and the helicopter takes off. Other soldiers embark another helicopter and the helicopter takes off. Another group of soldiers arrive at the pick up position. Soldiers explode grenades designating pick up position.
25th Infantry Division soldiers of the U.S. Army climb downhill the Nui Ba Dev Mountains in Vietnam. They move through dense foliage, stop and take rest along the rugged mountain trail. UH-1D helicopter of the U.S. Army hovers in the sky. It drops supplies and flies off. A bespectacled soldier reads a book entitled 'Once there was a War'. (Vietnam War period).
UH-1D helicopter of the U.S. Army brings supplies for the soldiers of 25th Infantry Division on the slopes of Nui Ba Den Mountains in Vietnam. Smoke rises from bombing strike and signal grenade. A soldier signals with a red cloth. UH-1D helicopter drops supplies on the ground. Soldiers scramble to collect the supplies. More soldiers come. Soldiers carry water containers up the mountain. A soldier fills his bottle from the container and drinks. UH-1D helicopter drops more supplies and flies off. Soldiers open the box and take out packets of rations. A soldier heats something in a blackened utensil and adds to the packet of food. A bespectacled soldier eats from the packet. A bare chested soldier drinks from a can. Another soldier with his pants torn at his knees eats from his packet. (Vietnam War period).
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