2nd Battalion of 173rd Airborne Brigade Combat Team on mission in Vietnam. Soldiers walk towards airstrip and wait to board helicopters. UH-1D and Bell UH-1B Huey helicopters parked on airstrip at Bien Hoa Air Base, Vietnam. Helicopters take off. (Vietnam War period).
Stream of tracers in the night sky at Tan Son Nhut Air Base in Vietnam. Many white lights dotting area. Morning sky lit up in the background showing reddish glow. Anemometer in silhouette. Aircraft in flight. UH-1B helicopters in revetments. Men work with supplies around helicopters. View of sun in sky and Tan Son Nhut area. Sun begins to set past horizon. Sun sets in the distant background.
United States soldiers of 4th Battalion assault on Hill 875 South West of Dakto in South Vietnam. The priest reads the prayer. Captain John P Trop of 4th Battalion holds thanks giving service between the bushes and branches. Soldiers during sermon. Trop serves communion. He dips wafers in wine and hands them to tired soldiers. (Vietnam War period).
U.S. Army assault on Hill 875 South West of Dakto, South Vietnam. U.S. soldiers of the 503rd Airborne Infantry Regiment's 2nd and 4th Battalions move up trail through woods for the assault. Officer stops and talk to a soldier. Other soldiers join them. A soldier talks on radio. The troops pause until supporting strikes are made ahead of them before moving forward. They repeat this action several times until they reach the summit, now abandoned by the enemy, leaving only wreckage, a tangle of burnt bush and trees and a charred corpse. Soldiers carry a rolled litter. (Vietnam War period).
United States soldiers help the wounded in South Vietnam. Soldier with a casualty on litter. Litter is put down. Soldier moves through clutter. Wounded on litter is carried with difficulty. Soldier runs by out of breath and crouches near another man. Fire starts in the background. Soldier calls out and points. Soldiers go through bushes. (Vietnam War period).
U.S. soldiers help wounded comrades in South Vietnam. Soldiers crouch and move up. Unshaven soldier looks at fire and talks. A soldier catches shovels thrown by him. Wounded soldier is helped over branches. Soldier crouches and talks on radio. A soldier near him directs the man who walks in. Two men dig. Two men carry empty litter. Six men carry a man on litter. (Vietnam War period).