United States AC-47D gunships on night firing missions in Dong Ha during Vietnam War. Crew in the cockpit of United States AC-47D gunship. Pilot in the cockpit. Gun crew readies mini guns. Crew in the cockpit speaks on the wireless. Pilot looks through the gun sight. Fire button being pressed. Co pilot scans the area.
United States AC-47D gunships on night firing missions in Dong Ha during Vietnam War. Mini guns aboard the United States AC-47D gunships fire at night on target areas. Tracers streak to target areas in the dark. Guns being fired from the side and rear of the gunships.
United States Marin Corps outpost during air strike support near Dong Ha, Vietnam. United States Marine Corps personnel at a bunker in a field. A marine tries to get into the bunker and men with rifles behind sand bag mounds in the background. Another marine corps personnel with a rocket launcher on his shoulder in the background.
United States Marin Corps outpost during air strike support near Dong Ha, Vietnam. United States Marine Corps personnel outside tents as they look up towards the sky. Explosions occur along the hill side. Puff of smoke rises. A Marine Corps personnel speaks on a field phone.
Film starts showing two CH-46A helicopter in flight low over rice paddies during the Vietnam War. View is from another helicopter flying above. An M60 machine gun is seen sticking out of the overflying helicopter. White smoke is rising from some small fires on the ground. Several CH-46 choppers are seen on the ground with rotors turning. Glimpse of M60 machine gun protruding from the overflying camera helicopter. Small fire burning behind the parked choppers. Change of scene shows 4 U.S. jet aircraft in formation. One dives down and drops napalm on a target marked by white smoke. The bomb explodes in a fireball billowing dense smoke. Another jet drops a bomb in wooded area.
Opening slate reads: "Operation Rio Grande" and shows partial date of "11-2....." (The complete date is November 20-27, 1967, when this Search and Destroy mission was launched by the U.S. Marines 5th and 7th Brigades with South Vietnamese forces support during the Vietnam War.) A U.S. Marine jet aircraft dives low and drops a bomb on a Viet Cong position. View from overflying CH-46A helicopter of others maneuvering low over rice paddies, where smoke rises from some small fires, possibly from helicopter M60 machine gun fire. Helicopters parked with rotors turning on a large open field. Helicopters maneuvering low above the ground, and then climbing and departing the area.
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