Opening scene shows view from cockpit of a U.S. Army Sikorsky H-34 Helicopter flying over Dong Xoai, Vietnam. View from the ground as the helicopter descends to land. Scene shifts to the ground, where heavy battle damage is evident in structures and surroundings. U.S. soldiers stand near damaged cemetery. Severe battle damage is shown with gaping holes in a building. Also shown are some captured arms left after the end of the Viet Cong assault on the town and its airstrip (defended by 400 South Vietnamese troops). Members of a local family , including several small children, each search through wreckage for any surviving belongings. ARVN (Army of Vietnam) soldiers help search through rubble. Survivors are seen carrying their few belongings as they leave the destroyed town to seek shelter elsewhere. More views of the battle damaged town. A U.S. Army Colonel is seen conversing with an ARVN officer. More views of damaged town. The U.S. Navy aircraft carrier, USS Midway (CVA-41) is seen carrying a deck full of mostly F-4 Phantom fighter aircraft. Closeup on deck shows several aircraft displaying the tail code "NE" of Carrier Air Wing Two (CVW-2). Closeup of a Douglas A-1H Skyraider aircraft being cleared for takeoff from an aircraft carrier. Closeup of pilot in open cockpit of a Vought F-8 Crusader aircraft that displays shark teeth at its engine intake, and a tear drop on its fuselage. Closeup of an A-1H taking off from carrier deck.
Officers aboard Quiet Fast Boats during a patrol in the Bassac River, Vietnam. An M-60 machine gun in the foreground. U.S. Lieutenant Lemon and Lieutenant Riedel man their M-60 machine gun in the stern section of the QFB ( Quiet Fast Boats). Heavy foliage along the riverbank. One of the officers takes a paddle from the boat and puts it over the side. Chief Petty Officer Briggs is the coxswain of the boat. Lieutenant Lemon and Lieutenant Riedel man their M-60 machine gun in the background. Soldier fires a Mk 18 Mod 0 grenade launcher. Closeup view of the Mk 18 grenade launcher as it is fired. African American soldier pours river water on engines. Helicopters in flight overhead. (Vietnam War period).
Villas in Danang, Republic of Vietnam. A two story villa downtown Danang, Vietnam. A car parked in front of the villa. A woman and a child walk past the high fence of another villa. A military truck moves past. Trees in the foreground. Another one story, red roofed villa downtown. A woman wearing an ao dai rides a bicycle. A beautiful villa downtown. A chain like fence around the area. Trees seen around the villas. Vietnamese walk and move on bicycles in front of the villas.
U.S. 47th Infantry Brigade, 2nd Battalion troops in Binh Phuoc, Vietnam during the Vietnam War. American troops carry M16 rifles, M60 machine guns, field radios and belts of machine gun ammunition as they walk in a single file through rice paddies. United States Army UH-1D Iroquois helicopters fly overhead in a formation. The helicopters land and take off. A soldier looks at a map while another talks over field telephone. Soldiers walk in a field.
U.S. 47th Infantry Brigade, 2nd Battalion troops in Binh Phuoc, Vietnam during the Vietnam War. Rising smoke marks a landing zone. Aerial view of a rice paddy. Soldiers walk through the rice paddy. A pilot at the controls of a helicopter. Soldiers get off a United States Army UH-1D Iroquois helicopter. UH-1D Iroquois helicopters take off and fly away. The soldiers walk towards the base.
U.S. 60th Infantry Regiment, 5th Battalion in Rach Kien, Vietnam during the Vietnam War. A board reads 'C CO 5 Bn 60 Inf Charle Rangers'. Soldiers move around at the base. A parked truck. United States Army UH-1D Iroquois helicopters land. A pilot at the controls of a helicopter. Soldiers disembark from the helicopter. The helicopter flies off. The soldiers conduct a search in a deserted hut.
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