Command Post area. Telephone poles in the foreground. Marines walk near airstrip. Mountain in the background. UH-1E and CH-46A helicopters in flight. Columns of white smoke rise in the foreground. (Vietnam War period).
CH-46A helicopter in flight low over airstrip. CH-46A lands. Several marines with M-16 rifles enter the CH-46A. CH-46A takes off. UH-34D helicopter in flight low over airstrip. Cloud formations in the background. UH-34D in flight, turns, descends and lands. Marines begin to board helicopter. Supplies in the foreground. Close view of pilot of UH-34D. UH-34D turns and takes off. Parked CH-46A in the background. (Vietnam War period).
Jet aircraft in flight. Columns of white smoke rise in the foreground. Bunkers in area. Jet aircraft passes over field. Bomb explodes on ground. Close view of black smoke rising from explosion. Jet aircraft passes over. Another explosion on ground and smoke rises up. Blast on ground in the background. Jet aircraft drop more bombs. More explosions on ground. Clouds of smoke arise from ground. Explosions throwing billows of smoke in air. Marines watch explosions from sandbag bunker. Heavy explosions on ground. (Vietnam War period).
Battle of Khe Sanh between January 1968 to April 1968, during the Vietnam War. Aerial view of battlefield terrain in valley of Khe Sanh surrounded by mountains and ridges. Military jeep moves on road. Wounded marine carried on litter. Bomb explodes near plane. Supplies at airbase. The American flag on a mountain. David E Lownds, Colonel, U.S. Marine Corps, Commanding Officer, Khe Sanh, speaks. The Colonel explains the location of battle with help of a terrain model. Bombs dropped on mountains. Marines fire artillery. An African American marine loads a mortar and another Marine fires it. Airfield prepared at Khe Sanh. Marines dig trenches. Marines patrol in woods. American military aircraft in flight. U.S. officers look at map on light table. General William Westmoreland gets into helicopter at airbase. Bell UH-1B Iroquois Huey helicopter lands after short flight. U.S. officers leave the helicopter. General Westmoreland and marines check the location. Marines examine aerial reconnaissance photo images on light tables. Sign reads 'Welcome to Khe Sanh Matcu 62 Airfield'. Reinforcing Marines arriving at Khe Sanh airfield and exiting rear of C-130 aircraft with barracks bags and supplies. Supplies dropped by small parachutes from planes in flight. Flashback scenes of French paratroopers landing in the same area during 1954 in the Indochina War. French forces in battle. French advance with heavy artillery but did not win the war. Armistice signed by leaders in Geneva. Scenes return to 1968 with Marines in sandbag bunkers at Khe Sanh. Wide view of terrain at Khe Sanh. U.S. marines in trenches during battle. African American marine eating a ration. Colonel Lownds speaks. White and African American Marines move through jungle terrain. Marines firing artillery at North Vietnamese forces. Aircraft on bombing run. Explosions at Khe Sanh as ammunition dump is hit and explodes in multiple heavy explosions. Heavy artillery attack by North Vietnamese at Khe Sanh and smoke rises from explosions during battle. U.S. Marines in series of trenches firing back at enemy. Explosions on American base airfield near parked helicopter and near a moving C-130 aircraft as it taxis and prepares to take off from runway.
A U.S. Marine Corps UH-1E Huey gunship stands stationary while rockets are loaded onto it. with engine running and main rotor blades turning. View of the helicopter's cockpit. The helicopter marks enemy positions with smoke. M-60 machine guns and rockets are fired at the targets. Explosions on the ground. A-4 jet attacks the targets. (Vietnam War period).
A United States Navy patrol boat (Swift Boat) underway in Vietnam. Sailors board Vietnamese fishing junk boats. Vietnamese boats approach the Swift Boats. The sailors check the identity cards of the natives. A Swift Boat approaches the dock at Nha Trang Harbor.