United States aircraft in flight for an air strike in South Vietnam. U.S. F8E Crusader moves in on the attack over a wooden area. Smoke rises from the area. Plane makes a steep dive. Small huts. Few rockets launches. Plane in flight low and launches a rocket which explodes on the ground in the target area and strafes the area. A thin road passes through the area. Plane in flight banks to left and moves over target area around Tay Ninh.
United States Army soldiers of 196th Light Infantry Brigade attend religious service led by a U.S. Army chaplain in Que Son Valley area of Vietnam, near Fire Support Base West. Protestant chaplain preaches to American Army soldiers. Chaplain reads from the bible. Soldiers pray and follow along with the service. Portable altar and Chaplain's helmet on ground beside him. (Vietnam War period).
UH-1D helicopter arrives at landing zone of U.S. Fire Support Base Nancy in Vietnam. It lands in the fenced area. United States Army soldiers board the helicopters. Wire fence is seen. UH-1D takes off. Some soldiers still wait for pickup. (Vietnam War period).
United States Army soldiers and howitzer are seen at Fire Support Base (FSB) Normandy. Purple smoke appears as a signal grenade fires. A U.S. Army 101st Airborne CH-54 helicopter delivers a howitzer at the base and flies away. Soldiers watch an approaching CH-47 with supplies in its sling. It delivers the supplies and flies away. (Vietnam War period).
United States McDonnell Douglas F-4C Phantom II fighter bombers make low altitued air strikes near Khe Sanh during the Vietnam War. An F-4C drops a bomb on hill. Explosion and clouds of smoke rising from bomb detonation. A F-4C fighter-bomber zooms past field and drop more bombs before disappearing. More F-4C engage in low flying air strikes, one flying directly over United States camp before strike. A thick, dark cloud of smoke forms over a field after an air strike.
U.S. 1st Air Cavalry Division troops at a sandbagged emplacement in Ankhe, Vietnam. Gun crewman holds a 106mm shell, as a Sergeant uses wrench to adjust fuze on its nose. Soldier then loads it into M-40 Recoilless Rifle. Another soldier looks through a scope mounted on side of the weapon. View of the 106mm shell. (Vietnam War period).
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