A collision between Royal Australian Navy HMAS Melbourne (R-21) and destroyer USS Frank E. Evans (DD-754) while taking part in SEATO (Southeast Asia Treaty Organization) exercise in the South China Sea. USS Everett F. Larson (DD-830) dead in water, close to floating half of USS Frank E. Evans. Australian personnel talk on the deck of HMAS Melbourne. Two Australian officer move down the deck towards U.S. Navy SH-3D Seaking helicopter in the background. Crewmen on the deck of the ship. A U.S. Navy officer talks with an Australian officer on the deck. The Australian officer escorts the USN officer towards the SH-3D helicopter. The officers exchange salutes. The USN officer boards the helicopter. The helicopter lifts up. Australian officers on the deck. Floating half of USS Frank E. Evans.
B-B rifle training on a quick-hill course at Fort Bragg, North Carolina. Troops march through an entrance to the quick-hill course. The soldiers are briefed by an instructor. Students walk through the course and fire at a pop-up target. The soldiers set off booby traps (simulated). They put on protective helmets and face shields.
B-B rifle training on a quick-hill course at Fort Bragg, North Carolina. Soldiers walk through an obstacle course. A trainee puts on a helmet and a face shield. Another trainee fires at a face mask. The trainees walk through the course. A soldier's foot sets off a trip wire.
U.S. soldiers at Tan Son Nhut Air Base, Vietnam. A soldier holds up red panties with 'Merry Christmas' written on it. A soldier holds up a box with a small tree on it. Gifts are taken out of an ammunition box. A soldier places a cardboard star on a tree. Another soldier squirts shaving cream on the branches. A chaplain on a make shift altar near a bunker. The soldiers listen to the chaplain. Two soldiers sit near a 50 caliber machine gun. One soldier holds up the box with the Christmas tree on it. The other man holds up the red panties. A soldier leans against sandbags and writes a letter. (Vietnam War period).
U.S. soldiers at Tan Son Nhut Air Base in Saigon, Vietnam. A U.S. sentry walks past a barbed wire fence. A puppy follows him. The sun sets behind tents in the background. The sentry pets the puppy. The puppy is on the sandbags of an emplacement. The sentry walks to his post. He looks out over the barbed wire fence. (Vietnam War period).
A film titled 'Trench Foot' shows medical condition 'trench foot' of U.S. soldiers which was caused by prolonged exposure of the feet to damp and cold conditions during World War II. Cold weather in Europe. Heavy rains in a town. U.S. soldiers walk along a muddy road. The soldiers in winter clothing rest under a tent. The soldiers in foxholes. The soldiers walk through deep mud. Effects of 'trench foot' on the feet of a soldier. The feet with dilated vessels.
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