Oceanographic Prediction Systems in the United States. Interior of a large work space. A man in a long white coat stands by a hydraulic press. The man moves from the place. The press begins to lower slowly. Two technicians stand near a heavy piece of equipment in the large space.
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.
U.S. Marines in Quang Ngai, Vietnam during Operation Rio Grand of the Vietnam War. Film opens showing a line of U.S. marines patrolling in area of rice paddies. A hut is burning in the background. Closeup of two marines consulting maps. One points in a direction. Camera pans from the burning hut to the marines with the maps. (Another one has joined them.) Camera focuses on marines leading two suspected Viet Cong men wearing nón lá (conical hats). Next, the marines are seen herding an entire family of suspected Viet Cong including women and children. A Viet Cong suspect, stripped to the waist during interrogation, puts on his hat and shirt. He is given a packet of documents. Closeup of Vietnamese woman. Marines relax taking a break.
U.S. Marines in Con Thien, Vietnam during the Vietnam War. United States Marines near a tank as they retrieve bodies of dead Marines on a field. A Marine wearing a gas mask. A dead Marine being loaded onto the tank. The Marines and the tank move across the field to retrieve the dead Marines. A Marine with a gas mask on his face.
U.S. Marines in Con Thien, Vietnam during the Vietnam War. United States Marine Corps A-4 Skyhawk and F-4 Phantom II aircraft patrol an area. Smoke rises from an area after bombing. Explosions occur and smoke rises. U.S. Marines advance across an area.
U.S. Marines in Con Thien, Vietnam during the Vietnam War. United States Marines fire M-16 rifles and .45 pistols. A tank rolls across a field to retrieve dead Marines. The Marines advance across a field. Dead Marines lying on the ground. Holy Bible lying on the ground, opened to John 1. A Marine speaks over a field phone.
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