An orientation film for United States Air Force personnel assigned to Southeast Asia. The U.S. Air Force 35th Tactical Fighter Wing at the Phan Rang Air Base in Vietnam. U.S. airmen walk past sandbag bunkers. Huts in the background. Military vehicles drive past. Military trucks and jeeps drive past two airmen walking on a road. A sign on the roof reads 'Baston Hall'. Airmen lined up outside the mess with utensils. A Staff Sergeant washes his utensils in hot water. Storage facilities at the Base. Trucks drive past. Sign reads 'Base Supply WSHE # 1, No Smoking'. An airman walks past. Trucks and construction machinery in the background. A sign reads 'Rules - 3 Minute Shower'. (Vietnam War period).
Foreign dignitaries arrive for the state funeral of assassinated U.S. President John F Kennedy. U.S. Secretary of State Dean Rusk awaits the arrival of Japanese Prime Minister Hayato Ikeda at the Dulles Airport. Dean Rusk greets the Japanee PM as he arrives at the airport terminal. The dignitaries walk past the waiting photographers and journalists. Rusk and Assistant Secretary of State for Far Eastern Affairs Roger Hilsman lead the PM down a ramp towards a waiting car. The PM and Dean Rusk get into the State Department limousine and leave for Washington DC.
United States Air Force Soviet Awareness Program titled 'Heirs of Victory' depicts Soviet military equipment and its use in terms of purpose and jurisdiction. Introduction by Brigadier General James C. Pfautz, Deputy Assistant Chief of Staff, Intelligence, Headquarters U.S. Air Force. Brig. Gen. Pfautz gives details about the subject, translation, narration, and editing. The Soviet Communist hammer and sickle symbol. A Soviet long winged early warning radar keeps a watch in the sky. Soviet Air Force MiG-25 (Mikoyan-Gurevich) interceptor bombers with air to air missiles. Pilots board aircraft and they take off. The aircraft in flight. Soviet missiles and rockets protect the borders. World War II Soviet Air Force fighter pilot Nikolai Kozmoff talks to highly trained young Soviet pilots at a air base.
United States and South Vietnamese soldiers defend Kontum during the Nguyen Hue Campaign of the Vietnam War. U.S. and South Vietnamese officers discussing a map. South Vietnamese soldiers digging trenches. An American soldier watches. An M-72 LAW (Light Anti-Tank Weapon or Light Anti-Armor Weapon). A South Vietnamese soldier holding a M-72 LAW. A U.S. M151 MUTT (Military Utility Tactical Truck) parked in a protective ditch. South Vietnamese soldiers sitting in an 81mm mortar emplacement. South Vietnamese soldiers digging trenches. Vietnamese refugees being evacuated by helicopter. Native women in traditional Vitnamese hats. American and Vietnamese soldiers in a helicopter.
U.S. Army 5th Special Forces Group (Airborne) 1st Special Forces base in Cam Ranh Bay, Vietnam. Entrance to the US-ARVN Special Forces training compound. A sign over the entrance reads 'Home of Detachment B 51'. Soldiers walk past military trucks parked at the motor pool. A sign on the shed reads 'Motor Pool'. Two ARVN soldiers fix a tire. A sign for 'Detachment B-51, 5th SFG (ABN) 1st SF' in front of the Orderly Room. A Vietnamese girl walks past the sign. An ARVN Special Forces instructor demonstrates hand to hand combat positions and maneuvers in a field. Trainees follow instructions and practice. (Vietnam War period).
U.S. and ARVN (Army of the Republic of Vietnam) soldiers being extracted by helicopters after Operation Lam Son 719 in Laos during the Vietnam War. South Vietnamese soldiers on a hill top around Route 9. U.S. Army Bell UH-1 Iroquois (Huey) in flight over the hills. One chopper approaches the hill for landing. Soldiers seated and standing await evacuation. A South Vietnamese soldiers stands with a portable rocket launcher. Soldiers around the stationary chopper. Soldiers seated in the helicopter.
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