An orientation film for United States Air Force personnel assigned to Southeast Asia. USAF airmen walk with their baggage. Bags lying outside a building. Airmen seated at a table. A Vietnamese in a coolie hat pulls a wheel barrow. An airman stands on a bench and talks to the others. An airman takes notes near a bus. Sign on bus reads 'CBPO Processing'. Airmen including Airmen First Class and Senior Airmen board the buses. Papers on the bus read 'Phan Rang', 'Cam Ranh Bay', 'Nha Trang', and 'Tan Hoa.' (Vietnam War period).
Camouflaged Douglas C-47 Skytrain, military transport lands at air strip. Camouflaged USAF C-130E landing. Douglas A-1H Skyraiders taxi at runway for takeoff. VNAF F-5As start landing. U.S. army U-8D lands. North American Jet Fighter aircraft F-100Ds land. (Vietnam War period).
Aircraft B-52 lands on airfield, using drag chute to help decelerate. B-52 releases parachute on runway during landing roll. Ground crews quickly retrieve the chute and clear runway. Inside hangar, they repack the drag chute for reuse. Plane taxies on airfield. Ground crewman hooks up hose to underground fuel supply for refueling the B-52 airplane. (Vietnam War period).
Soldiers of the 40th Signal Battalion on telephone pole work with telephone lines. Soldiers pull the telephone cable along roadside. Soldiers at pole, fix telephone lines. Soldiers on ground hold the line attached with pole. Few soldiers walk away from pole. (Vietnam War period).
Republic of Korea (ROK) troops' Rest and Relaxation (R&R) trip to Bangkok. The Chao Phraya river in the city. Barges and boats in the river. Bridges across the river. Houses along the shore. Palm fringed backwaters. Vegetable and fruit sellers in their boats. Sellers wearing coolie hats.
Republic of Korea (ROK) troops' Rest and Relaxation (R&R) trip to Bangkok. ROK troops boarding a Pan American Douglas DC-6 aircraft. The aircraft in flight. Aerial view of the shoreline from the DC-6 window. The aircraft during approach and landing. The soldiers get off the aircraft, vans arrive to pick them up. A group of soldiers sightseeing. They board a sightseeing boat. Boats and ferries in the water. Soldiers with women in the boat.
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