U.S. Marines in action in the Northern Provinces of South Vietnam, near the DMZ. They are seen in full combat gear, carrying small arms, including recoilless weapons, as they move across green fields where smoke is rising. Next, they are seen spread out and moving across muddy rice paddies. A U.S.jet fighter streaks across a shoreline at low altitude. Views from a Marine jet fighter bomber dropping bombs on Viet Cong targets from low altitude. Explosions on the ground are seen from behind the aircraft as it passes. Brief view from ground of bomb striking and black smoke rising. Closeup (in 1969) of two McDonnell Douglas F-4 Phantoms from U.S. Marine Fighter Attack Squadron 232 (with Red devil insignia on their tails) flying in tight formation. View of pilot in front cockpit an F-4. Aerial view from below of the pair of F-4s. Closeup view from below, as an F-4 releases ordnance in flight. A huge explosion fills the screen as film title slate appeared reading: "Counterpunch." (narrated by Jack Webb). Sign at Marine Corps Air Station, El Toro, California, is shown. Marine sentry at entrance checks identifications of persons arriving at the gatehouse. Marines seen firing mortars, during training. A C-47 transport airplane airdrops supplies to Marines on the ground. Marines in jeeps drive across sand where a bulldozer is working on an airfield under construction. Front view glimpse of a Douglas A-4 Skyhawk aircraft taking off. A pair of Marine Boeing CH-46 Sea Knight helicopters in flight. Group of U.S. Marine Corps officers looking over a model of terrain while being briefed by a Lieutenant Colonel during training "Operation Alligator Hide" in 1967, at the White Beach Marine Corps Base Camp Pendleton in California. Closeup of the detailed mockup of the terrain. Another officer briefs about the use of F-4 and A-4 aircraft support prior to a helicopter assault. Bombs exploding near a bridge. Marines using small 4-wheeled self-propelled open vehicles as they move along a hillside during the exercise. A Captain at a field command post states he will mark a target with white phosphorus (Willy Pete). A tank is seen maneuvering. Pilot is seen responding from cockpit of an A-4 Skyhawk aircraft. An M48A3 Medium Tank is seen on the ground and two F-4s of Squadron 232 in the air. The tank crew fires a white phosphorus round into the hillside, where it generates white smoke. An F-4 is seen flying low toward the area and a bomb explodes on the marked target. Amphibious training is seen, with Marines charging a beach from a landing craft; a tank wading ashore; Marines hit the beach from an LVTP-5 (Landing Vehicle, Tracked, Personnel); Fighter bomber dropping a bomb from offshore; glimpse of Douglas A-4 Skyhawk.
Republic of Korea White Horse Division troops, stationed at Nha Trang Air Base, Vietnam, pose by flight line. Aircraft seen include a C-124, a C-7 Caribou, and a C-47. A soldier on a bed. Street scenes in Nha Trang city. Shops in the market place. Civilians on the sidewalk. Parked vehicles on a street. Boulevards, homes, gardens, and temples in the city. Elephants and monkeys in a zoo. (Vietnam War period).
An army instructor at Cobra school explains about the body and design of the helicopter Cobra also known as AH-1G, to American pilot students in Vung Tau, Vietnam. As the instructor explains the different parts of the helicopter to students as a helicopter lands at the air base. The instructor removes a part of the helicopter and shows it to the pilot students. (Vietnam War period).
American radio and television broadcaster Arthur Morton Leo Godfrey at Takhli Royal Thai Air Base in Thailand during the Vietnam War. Godfrey along with other officers enter the Takhli officers open mess. Staff cars pull up outside a building and Arthur Godfrey gets off a car. Men on a balcony click his pictures. Godfrey is greeted by a Colonel and he speaks to a man. They enter and later leave the building. Godfrey and others get into staff cars and drive away. The convoy of cars on a road. It enters the flight line gates. Officers bid farewell to Godfrey and others as he looks at some papers. Arthur Godfrey boards a United States T-39 A and it takes off.
Deployment of United States 355th Tactical Fighter Wing and departure of F-105 D aircraft from Takhli Royal Thai Air Force Base in Thailand during the Vietnam War. A pilot leaves a van and walks towards a United States F-105 D aircraft. He checks a log book. Men work on the plane as he inspects it. The pilot climbs up the ladder into the cockpit. He prepares for a flight and puts on the flight gear. The aircraft with its engine switched on. Smoke rises as the plane taxis from revetment and turns. It taxis along the flight line.
Major Mack at Ubon Air Base in Thailand during College Eye airborne radar surveillance mission. He talks about the 552nd Airborne Early Warning Control Wing Unit. Major Mack speaks about individual duties and performances of the 18 member team. Radar technicians detect any airborne target in North Vietnam.
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