Covers TET observance program by VNAF (Viet Nam Air Force) 33rd Wing and U.S. Air Force Advisory Team No. 1 in Tan Tru village, Vietnam. Vietnamese medics treat and issue medicines to women and children at an outdoor clinic. (Vietnam War period).
Activities of United States Air Forces Forward Air Controller (FAC) aircraft of the 20th Tactical Air Support Squadron at Danang airbase in Vietnam during the Vietnam War. Aerial view of target area during bomb runs. Pilot in the cockpit of airplane. United States Air Forces F-100 Super Sabre making strafing runs over ground targets. Smoke arises due to bombardment.
Activities of the American 1st Cavalry Division in Chu Lai, South Vietnam during the Vietnam War. M113 Armored Personnel carriers (APCs) with soldiers atop in rice paddy. They move out on the rice paddy. M113s cross the paddies and approach a tree line. Smoke arises on the field.
Recreation activities at the United Service Organizations (USO) in Chu Lai, South Vietnam during the Vietnam War. Entrance of the USO building. Sign boards reads: 'Welcome', 'USO Chu Lai'. Few soldiers enter and leave the building. Interior of the building. Soldiers relax in a lounge. Other soldiers relax and enjoy at a beach. A helicopter in flight over the beach. Some soldiers at the USO snack bar on the beach. Water tower marked with 'USO'. U.S. Army Motion Picture cameraman filming the beach.
Recreation activities at the United Service Organizations (USO) in Chu Lai, South Vietnam during the Vietnam War. Soldiers relax and enjoy at the beach. Some soldiers play in surf. Other soldiers relax on the beach and watch the soldiers play. A sign board reads: 'Sorry No'.
Opening slate identifies this footage as from "Operation Rio Grande" which ran from November 20-27, 1967. It was a Search and Destroy mission which incorporated the U.S. Marines 5th and 7th Brigades along with Republic of Vietnam marines and Army units during the Vietnam War. Patrolling marines walk across a field. Next, marines are seen crossing a crude log bridge on a road through jungles. View from rear of a marine approaching a thatched roofed dwelling, where he joins other marines. Some weapons are seen on the ground. They gather at a low entrance to the house where another marine is searching inside. He comes out carrying an automatic pistol that he hands to another marine. The marines search other houses in the small cluster of homes. Several marines gather outside the huts. One speaks on a PRC-25 radio. They begin moving away from the area. In a different area, a marine pulls a cover off a hole in the ground which conceals an entry to a tunnel. He slowly crawls into it. He passes a large roll of paper, covered with plastic, to a marine standing outside the tunnel entrance. As he emerges from the tunnel he passes an orange-colored object to the marine outside.