Opening scenes show destroyed and damaged American UH-1 helicopters. A flying buzzard depicted on remains of one. Damage to buildings at American airbases and other installations, including barracks of U.S. servicemen, where a photograph of a girl and other personal items are seen on the ground. Smoke rising and ambulance responding at site of a bombing in Saigon. Injured personnel bleeding, after the Viet Cong detonate a car bomb outside the American Embassy in Saigon, on March 30, 1965. A victim being carried on a stretcher. (Vietnam War period).
Hoa Khanh Childrens Hospital in Da Nang, Vietnam during the Vietnam War. Vietnamese civilians and children seeking medical care wait in Hoa Khanh Childrens Hospital. Women and children are sitting in benches. A woman feeds her child while waiting. A United States Marine Corp (USMC) Marine talks to patients. A female doctor checks the sick child. Lieutenant Commander Dr. John Karnoupakis, director of Hoa Khanh Children’s Hospital, speaks about the origins of the Hoa Khanh Childrens Hospital through the United States Marine Corps (USMC) Marines. United States Marines deliver medical supplies to a village via Jeep. Vietnamese civilians gather to watch the Marines deliver the supplies. Some civilians are seen wearing the nón lá or conical hats. Marines prepare medical supplies inside a clinic. A Marine distributes medicine pills to children. Signage reads “Phòng Phát Thuốc” or “Drug Distribution Department”. A ward at the Hoa Khanh Childrens Hospital. A pair of Marines examine an infant. Another child is handed over to their parent. A recovered child and his mother returns home. A female doctor sees them off. A Marine with a child patient with eyes covered by gauze. ‘Combat Art’ depicts a United States Air Force aircraft in flight.
American comedian Bob Hope performs for United Service Organization (USO) in Bien Hua in Vietnam. Bob Hope at air strip. Bob Hope and his troupe of entertainers in a USO Show. The U.S. Army troops watch the show and applaud. Bob Hope doing a stand up comedy with Miss USA Diana Lynn Batts. (Vietnam War period).
First scene shows a U.S. Army UH-1 helicopter flying over South Vietnam during Vietnam War. Next, American soldier is seen firing at Viet Cong who are running toward a downed helicopter. U.S. soldiers seen climbing out of the helicopter, which is turned on its side. They rush away under fire from the Viet Cong. A ward in a U.S. military hospital in vietnam, where wounded soldiers being treated. Closeups of some of the patients. A flat bed truck carrying American flag-draped coffins of fallen American soldiers drives past a U.S. C-130 aircraft with number 54375 on its tail. A contingent of U.S. servicemen, including sailors in whites and others in Khakis, at parade rest, near a C-130 aircraft. They begin to carry the flag-draped caskets bearing dead American military personnel into the rear loading door of the aircraft. Closeups of Vietnamese people. U.S. soldiers jamming the side railings of a troop ship arriving in Vietnam. One soldier hurries down the gangplank. Then a soldier carrying a unit flag, with numeral one on it, descends the gangplank, followed by two officers. Next, troops are seen assembled with American flag and another one carried by soldiers.
Aerial view of bombardment of target areas along the sides of a canal by U.S. Air Force aircraft in Toy Bien, in the Nam Phan Province, during the Vietnam War. White smoke spread over the fields in Toy Bien in Nam Phan Province in Vietnam. U.S. Air Force aircraft drop bombs on targets along the sides of the canal as thick white smoke rises from napalm bombs and White Phosphorus explosions. Fields in view on the sides of the canal. Smoke rises from bombed areas in fields.
U.S. troops arriving in Vietnam undergo processing by the 90th Replacement Battalion. Scene opens showing buses carrying newly arriving U.S. soldiers from the Ben Hoa airbase, to the depot of the 90th Replacement Battalion,near Long Binh, Vietnam. The buses make their way along dirt roads at the base. Various types of shelters, including tents and buildings of light construction are seen. The soldiers leave the buses, carrying personal belongings and manila folders with documents. As the buses pull away, signs in Vietnamese are seen on their sides. Next, the newly arrived soldiers are seen gathered in an open field. Some smoke cigarettes. There appears to be a chapel building in the background. Some soldiers see the camera behind them and wave toward it. A briefer is addressing them from a stand in front of a low building. Next, soldiers are seen entering a building where sign is posted reading: "OFF LIMITS, unless you are processing." (Vietnam War period).
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