A U.S. Army Second Lieutenant narrates his experiences as a West Point cadet in the United States. The beginning of the narrator's fourth year at the West Point Military Academy in New York. A sign reads: 'The Warrior Nations of History'. Cadets seated in a class room. An officer explains to them about ancient and modern weapons and equipment used by soldiers. Framed photographs of West Point dignitaries on a wall. The photographs include those of U.S. Army Generals David D. Eisenhower, Douglas MacArthur, William Westmoreland and John J. Pershing. An airplane parked at a field. Soldiers stand nearby. The narrator serves as a platoon leader in a regular army unit. The narrator seated in his room with another cadet. He writes a letter to his parents on the completion of four years of cadet life. Past events show the narrator standing as a fresher with other plebes in formation. The parents of the narrator and other people watch the plebes. The plebes take an oath of allegiance.
Celebration in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Buildings along the sides of a street. Buses passing on the street. A banner on a bus reads: 'Philadelphia congratulates David Dubinsky'. American labor leader David Dubinsky being awarded the Presidential Medal of Freedom. People march on a street. They wear caps. Officials discuss amongst themselves. A large crowd gathers in a hall. Dignitaries arrive for the celebration. They greet David Dubinsky. Dignitaries and officials seated on chairs.
Capitol Military Assistance Command Operations Center in Saigon, Vietnam during the Vietnam War. United States soldiers and officers work inside the building. Officer receives information over a telephone. He gives message to soldier who transmits it over radio. Two soldiers at a plotting board. Soldier works on a map in the background. Soldiers speak over radio and field telephone.
Capitol Military Assistance Command Operations Center in Saigon, Vietnam during the Vietnam War. United States soldiers and officers work inside the building. Two soldiers at a plotting board. Soldier plots on a graph with pencil and scale. Another soldier does markings on a large operations map on a wall. Officer receives a message over the phone. Soldiers transmit message through radio and field phone. 'Clearance Net' written on the table.
Capitol Military Assistance Command Operations Center in Saigon, Vietnam during the Vietnam War. United States soldiers and officers work inside the building. Soldiers transmit messages over a radio. Soldier on phone as he gives fire directions to the firing Artillery Unit. Field telephones with markings on it.
Capitol Military Assistance Command Operations Center in Saigon, Vietnam during the Vietnam War. Newspaper headline reads 'Communist Guns Hit 30 Targets'. United States soldier watches from the observation tower. Soldier uses range finding glasses to estimate the range. Another soldier informs about the direction and range to the CMAC (Capitol Military Assistance Command) Operations Center for deployment. A sighting board next to the soldiers. Houses in the city.