U.S. soldiers slogging through muddy fields, along dirt roads and through jungles. A soldier with vegetation on his helmet (comouflage) speaks into a radiophone. A few U.S. soldiers talk among themselves in camp. A tank firing artillery. A helicopter firing rockets. An air ambulance helicopter. Soldiers boarding a Pan American jetliner for transport to Hawaii, for Rest and Recuperation. Signs reading:" Aloha R&R Hawaii' and 'Aloha R&R Personnel' displayed at Fort Derussy, in Hawaii. A group of men and women in a long canoe, enjoying themselves during "R and R." An Army Chaplain conducts religious service for soldiers in the field. Sign on a building reads: Army Community Service Center." An officer speaks with a woman military dependent at the center. A sign lists myriad types of assistance available. Two soldiers talk. A soldier gets a hair cut. Little school children at a school in Vietnam. Vietnamese people following an American soldier across a bridge. American soldiers under fire and firing weapons from the air, from tanks, and from small arms. A soldier loads a grenade launcher. An Army doctor treats an injured Vietnamese girl. American flag flying in the breeze.
Aerial view of small houses and huts among trees being bombed and strafed by U.S. A-1Skyraider aircraft during Vietnam War. Several trees and a stream flowing among them. A few huts among the trees. Thick smoke and fire rising from several areas in the region. Fields in view near the trees. Smoke emanating from huts near the fields. Smoke rising from several areas. Several trees in view. Few buildings in view. Smoke rising at a distance seen.
views from tail camera of a U.S. Air Force A-1E aircraft bombing enemy targets along a river bank during the Vietnam war. Large explosions behind the aircraft raise clouds of brown smoke from general purpose bombs it has dropped. Scene shifts to flight above jungle canopy, transitioning to low pass over group of huts along a river. The aircraft seems to be on a strafing run, producing a moderate explosion at one building and a small one at another. The view again shows a jungle canopy below, followed by heavy smoke and some flames on the ground, as pilot flies over a river bank already under attack by A-1E aircraft. View as camera aircraft makes low pass over several huts along the river bank. (Note: The A1E aircraft on this mission is believed to be from the 1st Air Commando Squadron, operating out of Bien Hoa Air Base.)
Dramatic aerial views from rear camera mounted on a U.S. Air Force Douglas A-1E Skyraider aircraft flying low over a coconut forest by a river in Vietnam. Several White Phosphorus and napalm bursts occur on the ground behind the aircraft as it makes a strafing and bombing run over enemy positions. Huts can be seen interspersed in the forest. The aircraft pulls up and climbs at the end of the attack run. (Note: The A1E aircraft [unseen] on this mission is believed to be from the 1st Air Commando Squadron, operating out of Bien Hoa Air Base, and piloted by Captain Chipdo, USAF).
Operation Game Warden in Mekong Delta, Republic of Vietnam. USS Jennings County (LST-846) anchored in the river. Wake of the boat in the foreground. PBR (Patrol Boat River) pulls away from USS Jennings County. Sun sets. Elder Vietnamese man, women and children seen in the sampan. Old man starts his small outboard engine. Boat pulls off. PBR approaches. River bank in the foreground. PBR patrols on the river and approaches towards camera boat. Crew men on the deck.
Operation Game Warden in Mekong Delta, Republic of Vietnam. Coxswain at the control of the PBR (Patrol River Boat). Trees seen on the river bank. Stern view of the PBR underway. The head of the machine gunner pops up from an opening. Machine gunner cocks the .50 Caliber Machine Gun. American flag on the boat. He leans on the after part of the M-60 Machine Gun. Head of a Vietnamese man. Man stands behind a Honeywell Mk 18 Mod 0 Grenade Launcher. Belts of the Grenades loaded into the launcher. M-60 Machine Gun and the ammunition belt seen. Buildings seen along the shoreline. Crewman stands by his M-60 Machine Gun. Man wearing flak jacket and helmet stands with a M-79 Grenade Launcher on board the PBR.