The NVA (North Vietnamese Army) invasion of South Vietnam. Army of the Republic of Vietnam (ARVN) troops on the streets of Hue, Vietnam. Soldiers stand in a line outside the headquarter. Sign atop headquarters building: 'BCH Tieu-Khu-Thua-Thien'. Vietnamese flag tilts down towards three ARVN APCs (Armored Personnel Carriers) parked in a citadel. The soldiers stand in front of a statue. Vietnamese flag being lowered. President Nguyen Van Thieu comes out of the headquarters building and walks past an Honor Guard towards a jeep. Troops on an APC. Houses and trees in the background. (Vietnam War period).
Views from a helicopter manned by a South Vietnamese crew. Smoke is rising from strikes against Viet Cong targets below. U.S. Lieutenant Colonel Thomas L. Stanford, advisor to the 2nd ARVN (Army of Vietnam) Ranger Group, in the Kontum area, is seen in the helicopter along with his Vietnamese counterpart. (This is during the "Vietnamization" phase of the Vietnam War.) Stanford is the red-headed U.S. officer wearing glasses. He and his Vietnamese counterpart are observing air strikes they requested on enemy positions. The explosions and black smoke are from the bombs being dropped. A vietnamese gunner aboard the helicopter fires a machine gun at ground target. A U.S. Army Bell UH-1D Iroquois or 'Huey' helicopter takes off from a paved road.
United States ambassador to South Vietnam Maxwell D. Taylor and Luman meet Joseph H Hoffner in Nha Trang,South Vietnam. The three of them walk towards the warehouse. They look at boxes of clothes for needy Vietnamese.
South Vietnamese troops at Bien Hoa Air Base in Bien Hoa, Vietnam during the Vietnam War. Interiors of a U.S. Air Force aircraft shows aircraft approaching and landing on an airstrip at Bien Hoa Air Base. Aerial view of a hilly terrain. South Vietnamese troops get off from U.S. Air Force C-130A Hercules aircraft at the air base.
Crushed helmets on ground at Saigon, South Vietnam during Vietcong attacks. Soldiers in narrow alley amidst rubble. Civilians walk past. View of bullet holes on concrete wall. Wrecked houses and destroyed overturned cars. Unexploded hand grenade on ground. (Vietnam War period).
United States soldier lies flat atop V-100 armored commando car as it moves into alley at Saigon, South Vietnam during Vietcong attacks. Soldiers follow closely behind the V-100 commando car and fire rifles. Dead body of Vietcong. Armoured commando car backs up and rolls over soldier. The crushed soldier and another soldier is placed on litter and carried to the ambulance. (Vietnam War period).
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