U.S. Army 319th Artillery attached to 101st Airborne Division strengthens defenses of Fire Support Base Ripcord to combat North Vietnam forces in the A Shau Valley, South Vietnam, during the Vietnam War. Opening scene shows Captain David F. Rich, Commander of Battery B, 2nd Battalion, 319th Artillery, conversing with Lieutenant Brennan, in very windy conditions atop the Fire Support Base. The carriage of a 105mm towed howitzer is seen in the foreground, with two shells set on it. View of howitzers and shells stacked atop the Base. The wind whipping aross the Base. African American soldier working on a howitzer. Another fighting the wind, as he carries canisters of propellant charges. He tosses them behind the sandbagged artillery position. Other soldiers join in moving gunpowder canisters. Closeup of two soldiers as the wind blows the hat off one.
U.S. Fire Support Base Ripcord in the A Shau Valley, South Vietnam, under siege by North Vietnam Army forces during the Vietnam War. Several 105mm towed howitzers are positioned atop the base, with barrels at high elevations. Camera focuses on Gunners loading and firing one. The wind is blowing very hard, complicating their activity and causing the cameraman trouble too, as it buffets his camera. The camera views several guns operating in the battery. The Battery then level their guns to fire point blank at their targets. (They also increase their powder charge to 7, the maximum.) the resultant recoil strikes and injures SP/4 Bowing of a gun crew, who falls and is seen lying at the back of his gun. The crew calls for help and carries him to the ground. Cameraman stops filming briefly.. Next, a soldier is seen leaning over SP/4 Bowing, rendering aid.
Operation Junction City in South Vietnam during the Vietnam War. Vietcong soldiers attend a political or propaganda lecture. The soldiers cross a road. A Vietcong soldier carries an AK-47 submachine gun. An abandoned bus at the side of a road. A dead body beside the bus. Vietcong soldiers in a field. A dead ARVN (Army of the Republic of Vietnam) soldier. United States Air Force C-123B Provider aircraft in flight
United States Marines of the 9th Marine Expeditionary Brigade, 7th Fleet land on a beach in South Vietnam. U.S. Marines will guard the area around Danang Air Base. Vietnamese soldiers set down landing mats on the beach. Vietnamese and U.S. officers on the beach. They salute and shake hands. They wait for the arrival of the U.S. Marines. Commanding Officer of 9th U.S. Marine Brigade Brigadier General F.J. Kach talks with Major General Key of Vietnam I Corps. Vietnamese schoolgirls carry floral wreath and walk across the landing mats. The girls pose in a group. Surf rolls up on the beach. Cameramen stand on the beach to take photographs. (Vietnam War period).
United States Marines arrive in South Vietnam to guard the area around Danang Air Base. The U.S. Marines of the 9th Marine Expeditionary Brigade, 7th Fleet land on a beach in South Vietnam. Ships advance towards the beach. Vietnamese soldiers stand on the beach with a rifle. An LVTP-5 (Landing Vehicle Tracked) rolls onto the beach. U.S. Marines run on the beach. An LCM (Landing Craft Mechanized ) comes on the shore. The LVTP-5 driven on the beach. Marines run across the beach. Several marines lay against an embankment. Other marines stand on the beach. (Vietnam War period).
South Korean troops help in construction in South Vietnam. Headquarters of the Korean unit in Vietnam. A sign in Vietnamese. Construction crew members at a road construction site. Machines and equipment used for the construction. Two South Korean officers stand with documents in front of a board. Troops move across a field. Men sit at a construction site. South Korean troops stand on sacks. (Vietnam War period).
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