The Battle of Khe Sanh in Khe Sanh, South Vietnam during the Vietnam War. An M-76 amphibious cargo carrier is driven. Casualties on stretchers being placed aboard United States Marine Corps UH-1H Iroquois and CH-46B Sea Knight helicopters. Men remove long crates from a CH-46B helicopter.
Soldiers of the U.S. Army get ready for a mission in Lai Khe, South Vietnam. A soldier guards in black beret adopted by men of Long Range Reconnaissance Patrol (LRRP). Soldiers wearing the black beret sit behind him on chairs during a class on AK-47 weapon. An instructor demonstrates use and repair of a machine gun. Soldiers listen to him carefully. Signboard of the Long Range Reconnaissance Patrol (LRRP). (Vietnam War period).
CIC (Combat Information Center) aboard the USS Providence (CLG-6) underway in the South China Sea off South Vietnam. An operator turns a knob on an MK 1 Able computer in CIC aboard the USS Providence. The computer operator wearing phones as he stands over the MK 1 Able computer. A plotting room officer over a phone writes on a clipboard. View at a section of a computer and target of striker range gauge. The operator turns a knob on the computer. Gauges on the computer. The MK 1 Able computer. The operator moves triggers to fire the guns. The salvo operator's hands on two triggers. The operator stands in front of a large control panel and turns on several switches. Top surface of the MK 1 Able computer with operators turning knobs on the top of the computer. Two men in background also turn knobs on far end of the computer. (Vietnam War period).
Covers TET observance program by VNAF (Viet Nam Air Force) 33rd Wing and USAF (United States Air Force) Advisory Team No.1 at Tan Son Nhut School in Saigon, Vietnam. A sign reads 'AFAT-1 TET CARNIVAL'. A Vietnamese girl sings at a stage show. Vietnamese children look on. USAF and VANF officers seated. A magician puts on an act. (Vietnam War period).
Opening scene shows two U.S. Air Force F-105 Thunderchief aircraft taking off in pre-dawn from Vietnam on a bombing mission, in 1966, during the Vietnam War. Next, the F-105s are seen diving and dropping bombs that explode into fire and smoke on the ground. Closeup of a Strategic Air Command (SAC) KC-135 aircraft in flight. It has been modified to serve as as a "Combat Lightning" aircraft that serves as a communication link between the Tactical Air Reporting Center at Monkey Mountain, near Danang, Vietnam and ground radar, airborne radar and any U.S. aircraft operating over North Vietnam. KC-135 "Combat Lightning" crew members are seated in a briefing room at the U-Tapao Royal Thai Navy Airfield, in Thailand. A briefing officer explains their mission, using charts and a map labeled SECRET Noforn (no foreign access) showing Vietnam and the Gulf of Tonkin. The briefer points to an area in the Gulf, and sketches a figure eight, showing where and how the KC-135 should maneuver in a holding pattern during its mission. Crew members rise and leave at the end of the briefing. View of a Strategic Air Command EC-135L that arrived on May 29, 1967, along with another, to support 24 hour "Combat Lightning" operations. Ground crewman directs the EC-135L as it taxis out and then takes off, past a C-130 aircraft holding short of the active runway. (Narrator notes that by the end of July, 1967, there were four "Combat Lightning" C-135 aircraft operating at U-Tapao airfield.) View from above of EC-135L aircraft in flight above clouds, en route to its assigned location over the Gulf of Tonkin. View of radio operator inside the aircraft, who is in radio contact with U-Tapao and the aircraft they are going to relieve. View of map showing their destination figure-eight holding pattern. Radio operator establishes the same contacts used by the aircraft they are relieving, to assure continuity of communications. Remainder of the film contains extended views of the radio operator at his station and of the EC-135 aircraft in flight. Near the end, the crew's Armaments and Electronics Technician is seen pulling a piece of malfunctioning electronic gear from a rack and replacing it with a spare, stored nearby.
U.S. soldiers of the 2nd Battalion, 503rd Airborne Infantry Regiment, 173rd Airborne Brigade in South Vietnam during Operation Big Spring of the Vietnam War. A U.S. Army UH-1D Iroquois helicopter lands. Crates stacked on the airfield. Loading and unloading of equipment from the helicopter. Soldiers talk. A soldier reads a newspaper. Empty water cans are thrown out and supplies are loaded aboard the helicopter.
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