Vietnamese soldier armed with M-16 rifle looks at shoreline at Kien Hung in Vietnam. Armored troops carrier (ATC) fires flamethrowers on the riverbank. Republic of Vietnam (RVN) marines disembark camera boat. Boats underway. Vietnamese soldiers in prone position fire M-16s. Marine officer on radio. RVN marines with American advisor. RVN marine sitting on log rests. Vietnamese junk and ATC's underway in river. Machine gun fired. Insignia shows Lion with Mermaid's tail. Assault boats underway in river. Troops disembark. Unites States Marine Corps (USMC) captain at the riverbank. MM canon on boat fired. (Vietnam War period).
Ethnic Vietnamese refugees are evacuated from Cambodia to Vung Tau, Vietnam during the Vietnam War, fleeing violence and massacres of ethnic Vietnamese in Cambodia. Trucks are lined up. Refugees carry belongings off a ship. The refugees walk with their belongings. Ships docked at a pier in South Vietnam. Cargo trucks in the foreground. South Vietnamese soldiers assist refugees and carry belongings on their shoulders. ARVN soldiers unload baggage from a truck. The refugees and baggage on the dock. RVNS Vung Tau (HQ-503) (formerly USS Cococino County) LST is docked and being unloaded. A U.S. soldier is hosing down two dogs.
U.S. 9th Infantry Division, 3rd Brigade troops in Ben Luc, Vietnam during the Vietnam War. Two soldiers in the cockpit of an air-cushion vehicle (ACV). Soldiers push the air-cushion vehicle and turn it around. The air-cushion vehicle moves on land. Soldiers with M16 rifles and M60 machine guns board the air-cushion vehicle. The air-cushion vehicle moves over land and onto water. The soldiers cover their eyes as the air-cushion vehicle moves on water. A river and a shoreline. (Note: The Navy version of this vehicle was called a Patrol Air Cushion Vehicle or PACV. Only 3 were employed by the Navy and, likewise, only 3 by the Army in the Vietnam war.)
Soldiers of Army of Republic of Vietnam captures Viet Cong members as Prisoners of War in Vietnam. Soldier holds a young boy by the collar as he weeps badly. Later he leaves the boy. Arrested prisoners are made to march across the field and are interrogated by the soldiers on the porch of a building. Prisoners are presented before a Senior Officer. (Vietnam War period).
The Vietnam Crises (preceding Vietnam War). Tanks manned by troops of the Special Forces outside Hùng King Temple in Saigon (Ho Chi Minh City), Vietnam. These Vietnamese troops, under the command of President Diem's brother have been mounting a campaign of terror against the Buddhists. Troops on military trucks passing. View of Buddhist Monks and photographers taking photos. College students are arrested.
View from UH-1 (Huey) helicopter flying over Mekong Delta region of South Vietnam, during the Vietnam War. Scene shifts to view from vehicle moving along the ground, of smoke rising from several places in the distance. Republic of Vietnam Army soldiers (of the ARVN 18th Division) walk across a grassy field after leaving a UH-1 helicopter (unseen). View from the helicopter, taking off. The propwash, from its rotor, blows the grass around the troops, as it lifts off. A UH-1 passing the camera at low altitude. View from helicopter in flight, of another UH-1 flying close to the ground, below, casting a shadow on the ground as it passes. Glimpse from inside a UH-1, with gun sticking out the open door.