Ethnic Vietnamese refugees are evacuated from Cambodia to Vung Tau, Vietnam during the Vietnam War, fleeing violence and massacres of ethnic Vietnamese in Cambodia. Trucks are lined up. Refugees carry belongings off a ship. The refugees walk with their belongings. Ships docked at a pier in South Vietnam. Cargo trucks in the foreground. South Vietnamese soldiers assist refugees and carry belongings on their shoulders. ARVN soldiers unload baggage from a truck. The refugees and baggage on the dock. RVNS Vung Tau (HQ-503) (formerly USS Cococino County) LST is docked and being unloaded. A U.S. soldier is hosing down two dogs.
VNAF (Vietnam Air Force) and USAF (United States Air Force) officers in a combat control room at a U.S. base in Pleiku, Vietnam during the Vietnam War. VNAF and USAF officers discussing a request for an air strike against Viet Cong positions. They check a wall map for location. Officers make telephone calls at a table.
VNAF (Vietnam Air Force) and USAF (United States Air Force) officers in a combat control room at a U.S. base in Pleiku, Vietnam during the Vietnam War. Viet Army officers receive phone calls at a desk. They check wall maps. VNAF and USAF officers discussing a request for an air strike against Viet Cong positions. A USAF officer typing. Signs reading 'ASOC T.T.H.Q.K.T.' and 'CTOC T.T.H.Q.C.T.'. Corps Headquarters building in Pleiku.
Opening slate attributes film to SEAPC and Jensen (Southeast Asia Pictorial Center/221st Signal Company based in Long Binh and Chris Jensen). U.S. Army 101st Airborne Division troops pass through jungles of A Shau Valley in Vietnam. U.S. 327th Infantry Airborne regiment, 101st Airborne Division troops climb a mountain in a dense jungle. African American soldier carrying rifle brings up the rear. At one point the soldiers have dumped their ruck sacks and left them with the remainder of the company while they went on a short patrol. The troops on patrol in the jungle. The troops walk through high bushes. The troops fire M-79 grenade launchers as part of a recon patrol. Film taken by the Southeast Asia Pictorial Center/221st Signal Company based in Long Binh. Chris Jensen.
The U.S. Army 101st Airborne Division troops pass through jungles of A Shau Valley in Vietnam U.S. 327th Infantry Airborne regiment, 101st Airborne Division troops wait at the pick up zone. Smoke grenades explode designating the troop pickup zone for pull out. A U.S. Army UH-1B Iroquois helicopter approaches and lands. Soldiers embark the helicopter and the helicopter takes off. Other soldiers embark another helicopter and the helicopter takes off. Another group of soldiers arrive at the pick up position. Soldiers explode grenades designating pick up position.
25th Infantry Division soldiers of the U.S. Army climb downhill the Nui Ba Dev Mountains in Vietnam. They move through dense foliage, stop and take rest along the rugged mountain trail. UH-1D helicopter of the U.S. Army hovers in the sky. It drops supplies and flies off. A bespectacled soldier reads a book entitled 'Once there was a War'. (Vietnam War period).