A film about aerospace medical evacuation and first aid operations for injured soldiers in Vietnam during the Vietnam War. Traffic on a street in Saigon. Headquarters of Far East Joint Medical Regulating Office. Men at the office decide upon the hospital best equipped to treat a particular patient. An officer marks on a chart. Another officer speaks over a phone. A teletype strip. Officers gather at a briefing room at Scott air base in Illinois. An officer (General Howell M. Estes, Jr.) gives a presentation about the medical rescue undertaken by air ambulance crew. Officer inquires another officer about a burn patient. Officer also briefs about the weather factors that affect medical evacuation.
A film about aerospace medical evacuation and first aid operations for injured soldiers in Vietnam during the Vietnam War. At the Saigon airport wounded American soldiers on litters being loaded onto an aircraft to be sent to Clark Air Force Base hospital in Philippines. Dr. Louis Patterson, a noted chest surgeon, arrives at Clark Air Base. Aircraft takes off. Ambulances pull up at the airport in Philippines. Wounded being loaded onto an ambulance. Doctor talks to patients and examines them in the ambulance. Patients being unloaded from the ambulance. A wounded soldier in a car as it pulls away.
ARVN (Army of the Republic of Vietnam) Special Forces train at the Special Forces Training Center in Cam Ranh Bay, Vietnam. A classroom at the base. A sign board outside a building. A group of Vietnamese Special Forces trainees being given a lesson in the Korean martial art of Tae Kown Do by two black belt Korean instructors. Drawings on the walls. Trainees stand facing each other in two lines. Instructors observe maneuvers and direct the trainees. Instructors demonstrate and trainees follow instructions. Trainees salute and leave. A board on the wall reads 'Tae Kwon Do, 5 Dieu Tam Niem'. An instructor and student punch a bag as the trainees watch from the window. (Vietnam War period).
ARVN (Army of the Republic of Vietnam) Special Forces Training Center in Cam Ranh Bay, Vietnam. Trainees march along side of the highway. Trainees in fatigues and camouflage hats march with guns. Two wheelers pass by on the road. Trainees march through a field towards the training area. Trees on either side of the path. The trainees rest in the shade of a tree. (Vietnam War period).
ARVN (Army of the Republic of Vietnam) Special Forces Training Center in Cam Ranh Bay, Vietnam. An ARVN Special Forces instructor holds a class on Combat Reconnaissance Patrol. Trainees seated on bleachers under a shed. The instructor uses a black board for the session. The instructor in a helmet stands behind a lectern and takes the class. Written matter on the black board. Trainees seated under the shed listen to the instructor. (Vietnam War period).
ARVN (Army of the Republic of Vietnam) Special Forces Training Center in Cam Ranh Bay, Vietnam. A Taek Won Do classroom at the base. A sign board outside a building. A group of Vietnamese Special Forces trainees being given a lesson in the Korean martial art of Tae Kown Do by two black belt Korean instructors. The instructors direct the students. Trainees come to the front of the classroom. They take their positions and demonstrate Taek Won Do techniques and moves. The remainder of class seated on floor watches. Drawings on the wall depict Taek Won Do moves. Other trainees repeat the exercise and salute at the end of each demonstration. (Vietnam War period).
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