USS Providence (CLG-6) underway in the South China Sea off South Vietnam. A stern view of the USS Haleakala (AE-25) being approached by the USS Providence. A port quarter view of the USS Providence firing at shore targets off Vietnam. A mountainous coastline in far background. A forward battery fires at the port. A boat approaches towards the ship.
Aerial views of Ho Chin Minh Trail near Pleiku Air Force Base in Vietnam. Numerous bomb crates on and around the Trail. Deserted areas amidst rows of trees indicate areas hit by bombs during the Vietnam War.
Flood relief operations being carried on in Vietnam. Vietnamese women with children, a soldier with a rifle over his shoulder. People gathered to receive food supplies as a part of flood relief operations. Major Chinh and Lieutenant Colonel L. K. Cuong speak over a microphone as people listen. Lieutenant Colonel Cuong hands over food bags to flood victims as photographers take pictures. (Vietnam War period).
Component of U.S. Military Assistance Command Vietnam, 2nd Field Forces, 199th Light Infantry Brigade in fight with Vietcong. F-4 Phantom jets in far distance drop napalm. Explosions on ground. F-4 drops napalm. Explosion in woods. Military trucks and other vehicles parked in the foreground. Huge clouds of smoke rise from explosion. UH-1 helicopter on ground ridden with bullet holes. Wounded and dead Vietcong fighters on the ground. One of them is sitting up, a seemingly uninjured prisoner of war. (Vietnam War period).
Component of U.S. Military Assistance Command Vietnam, 2nd Field Forces in fight with Vietcong. Helicopter in flight. Post area shows barbed wire fences. Soldiers seated around jeep. Soldiers behind sand bags and bunker during attack. Helicopter flies overhead. Shack burns. Barbed wire, smoke moves in the background. Smoke rises up from woods. Damaged vehicles in motor pool. (Vietnam War period).
Covers operation 'Gadsen' in Vietnam. Search and destroy mission by elements of First Brigade, 25th Infantry Division. Troops search captured Viet Cong hospital complex in heavy jungle. Troops inspect captured material. They set hut on fire. (Vietnam War period).