Personnel buy food items from a Navy Commissary in Saigon, Vietnam during the Vietnam War. Clarence E. Lyons of USAF (United States Air Force) from Canton, Ohio and John T, Brown from Chula Vista, California look trough the Navy Commissary in Saigon. They have items in a basket. Stant T. Kent of RAAF (Royal Australian Air Force) from Rockhampton, Queensland looks over the spices shelf in the Commissary. A jar of spices being looked over in the hand of Kent. He walks off with the bottle. Kent walks along looking at things in the Commissary. He passes by the frozen meat and eggs. Men stamp prices on cans. Two Vietnamese workers in the Commissary stamping prices on top of cans. A cash register being run up by one of the women clerks. Canned and other items move along the conveyor belt at the checkout counter. The Vietnamese female worker working on cash register. She checks prices as items move along the belt. A man stands waiting to pay for food he bought. A girl at cash register. Checkout counters in commissary with people going through each area. Several people in the Commissary. One man is checked out at one of the counters. A Vietnamese worker is bagging groceries. Men picking up items from shelves in the Commissary. Personnel making purchases in the Commissary. Some of them use the food baskets. Other just walk around with an item or two in their hands.
U.S. Navy Headquarters Support Activity in Saigon, Vietnam during the Vietnam War. Charles A Pari, DK3 of USN (United States Navy) from Omaha, Nebraska seated at his desk and William Warren, YNSN of USN from Minneapolis comes in to be paid. Warren, the African American sailor sits at the desk. He removes his hat and puts it on the desk as parry works on an adding machine on the desk. Charles fills out Warren's pay chit. Warren's pay chit being filled out. Charles passes over the chit to Warren who takes the pen and signs. Gregorio Mendoza Ramos, DK1 of USN from Cavite, Philippines, acting pay master stands at a window. Warren approaches from the far side with the pay chit to receive pay. Warren stands at the window to be paid with Ramos. Warren is handed money and gets ready to leave.
U.S. Navy Headquarters Support Activity at Saigon Public Workers Department in Saigon, Vietnam during the Vietnam War. The Saigon Public Workers Department building. Personnel stand in front of the building. A main street in the foreground. Trucks roll by, and bicycles and small cars on the street. Children walking alongside in the background in front of the building. A guard stands at the gate of Public Workers Department. A sign in the background. A sign over a doorway reads 'The USN Headquarters, Support Activity Public Works Dept'. Another sign reads 'Only Authorized Personnel Permitted in Shop Area'. A truck rolls down on the street. An officer walks past the rolling truck. A jeep parked in front of a building. The officer walks towards the building and enters the building. Another officer smoking cigarette walks out of the building. The officer who entered the building waits and then enters a room. Cars parked in front of the building. A vehicle drives and a sign on the vehicle reads 'Public Workers Department Emergency Service Crew Team'. The vehicle backs up. A man gives direction.
U.S. soldiers of the 2nd Battalion, 503rd Airborne Infantry Regiment, 173rd Airborne Brigade in South Vietnam during Operation Big Spring of the Vietnam War. Soldiers seated in a field with weapons. They rest and talk amongst themselves. A soldier pets a dog. He holds the leash of the dog. Other soldiers stand nearby. A soldier reads a newspaper. A soldier looks at photographs in his wallet. One of them smokes. The soldiers pick up their backpacks and begin to advance across the field. View of soldiers crossing field, approaching camera. Soldiers wearing backpacks and carrying their weapons move through a thick brush area while on patrol.
U.S. soldiers of the 2nd Battalion, 503rd Airborne Infantry Regiment, 173rd Airborne Brigade in South Vietnam during Operation Big Spring of the Vietnam War. A U.S. Army UH-1D Iroquois helicopter lands. Crates stacked on the airfield. Loading and unloading of equipment from the helicopter. Soldiers talk. A soldier reads a newspaper. Empty water cans are thrown out and supplies are loaded aboard the helicopter.
A film on the 1968 Tet Offensive on Saigon, Vietnam during the Vietnam War. U.S. Army soldiers aboard tanks moving along a road. Soldiers aboard tanks. South Vietnamese soldiers also seen. They fire rifles. The enemy attempted to capture the Saigon radio station. When they were not able to capture the radio station, they set fire to the building. Heavy columns of smoke rise from the burning building. A fire fighting squad in action. Firemen douse the fire. Dead bodies and wrecked equipment on a street. Interrogation of Viet Cong prisoners. Captured weapons of Chinese or Russian origin.