Elements of the U.S. Army 1st Cavalry Division and 82nd Field Artillery (Horse) Battalion maneuver in field exercises at Marfa, Texas. They are seen organizing, riding, and moving artillery and supplies to various positions.
United States President Franklin Delano Roosevelt addresses the nation from White House in Washington DC. He talks about the position of United States in World War II. He shows faith in his forces. He talks about rumors of damages versus actual damages by Japanese invasion of Pearl Harbor. President Roosevelt provides death toll as 2340 people; regarding damages to navy ships, only 3 were permanently destroyed, others are repairable. He rejects rumors of massive damage to air forces, and says that Americans have destroyed more Japanese planes on and since Pearl Harbor attack than Japan has destroyed of U.S. planes.
Operation Thayer II by First Air Cavalry Division of United States Army in Ankhe, South Vietnam. 1st Cavalry Division soldiers blindfold and bound Vietcong suspects at a village Bongson. Suspects on their knees and lined in a row. A soldier shoves a blindfolded suspect behind others, in a line. The Vietnamese informer looks at each suspect. Vietnamese interpreter manhandles a Viet Cong as he interrogates him. He grabs him by throat and shakes him violently. U.S. soldier and the informer talk with each other. (Vietnam War period).
Operation Thayer II by First Air Cavalry Division of United States Army in Ankhe, South Vietnam. 1st Cavalry Division soldiers interrogate Viet Cong suspects at a village Bongson. Suspects on their knees near their huts. Soldiers match photographs of Viet Cong suspects from a photo album. Natives sit on ground and then walk with the soldiers. A soldier uses flame thrower to destroy a hut. (Vietnam War period).
Operation Thayer II by First Air Cavalry Division of United States Army in Ankhe, South Vietnam. UH-1D helicopters lands one after the other in rice paddy near a river. Pilots and soldiers stand near the UH-1D copter talk among the group. U.S. soldiers alert in jungle and huts nearby, keep watch for any enemy movement. A burning hut in jungle. High grasslands, swamps in the jungle. A medic treats wound on thigh of a soldier. (Vietnam War period).
Operation Thayer II by First Air Cavalry Division of United States Army in Ankhe, South Vietnam. Patrolling team of soldiers in rice paddies watch a UH-1D helicopter flying. Medic treats injuries of an old Vietcong suspect. Soldiers discover uniform and blankets of U.S. soldiers in a village. A soldier in waist deep water of swamp, another soldier pulls him out. UH-1D helicopter patrols over a river and rice paddies. (Vietnam War period).
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