United States Marine Corps officer and trainees exit fuselage of a military transport aircraft in Nevada, United States. The officer salutes to USMC officials. The officer talks to the officials and shake hands with one of them. They head towards the staff cars parked in the airfield. Officials board the United States Navy staff cars. (During Vietnam War period.)
Scattered dead bodies of Vietcong soldiers lay on ground in a U.S. Army base. Badly wounded corpses with blood are seen. Blood splatters all over the ground. Belongings of the soldiers like sandals lay on ground near the corpses.
Broad view of the valley in which the Phu Cat base is taking shape during construction. Many structures are already complete. Hills visible in distance. Areas of newly cleared earth visible. Carpenters seen on roof of a building being framed, in a row of wooden buildings. Closeup of U.S. Airmen (members of 819th Rapid Engineer Deployable Heavy Operational Repair Squadron Engineers, AKA RED HORSE). They are installing corrugated asbestos cement roofing sheets on a new building. View of Airmen on ground handing roofing sheets up to installers. View of a man in fatigues and cap smoking a cigarette, as he watches the airmen work. (He wears no military insignia, and is possibly a civilian working with the construction consortium: RMK-BRJ (Raymond International & Morrison-Knudsen, Brown & Root & J.A. Jones Construction.) The Airmen of 819th pause for the camera, then reach out and install some more roofing panels.
A U.S. Navy Riverine Armored Troop Carrier "Tango" Boat (ATC) backing to a dock. It displays American flag. Letters "T-91-7" are stenciled on its stern. Crew members aft, ready to secure it. They secure lines to the dock. A sign on boat reads:"Casrep Seven." A dozen similar boats are tied up in a line at the dock. Camera shifts to a sign on shore reading:"Dong Tam Fleet Landing." Image stops after TC:01:33 and wild sound only follows to end.
Soldiers of the 221st Signal Company Vietnam have military payment certificates (MPC) exchanged at their headquarters in Long Binh Vietnam as part of a country wide general order. Soldiers in a line. A soldier with a typewriter creates a receipt. The soldiers with old (MPC) currency notes takes the receipt and proceeds towards the next officer. A soldier counts his notes at the typist's desk. (Vietnam War period).
United States Army CH-21 helicopter also known as flying banana, flies over trees and rice paddy fields in Vietnam. The helicopter is part of the 121st Aviation Company (Air Mobil Light), (formerly the 93rd Transportation Company - Light Helicopter) based in Soc Trang, Vietnam. It lands and injured Vietnamese civilians are unloaded from the helicopter and put into a military jeep. CH-21 prepares to move away and lifts off. (Vietnam War period).
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