View through cockpit window as United States Army 12th Air Commando aircraft (Fairchild C-123 Provider) together in formation flight, over "The Trace", a ten-mile strip of land that lies between Con Thien and Gia Linh, Vietnam as part of Operation Ranch Hand during the Vietnam War. A Fairchild C-123 Provider descends to prepare to spray defoliant agent over the area. View of pilot wearing hard helmet taken from behind the cockpit. View of “The Trace” (between Con Thien and Gia Linh) from the cockpit of the Fairchild C-123 Provider.
U.S. Air Force fighter planes of 355th TFS take off as it moves to Phu Cat. Two F-100D 'Super Sabre' Air Force planes take off directly overhead followed by a single F-100D which is followed by another single F-100D plane. View of the airstrip and mountain ranges in background. (Vietnam War period).
Tail view of two U.S. Air Force F-100D 'Super Sabre' planes of 355th TFS as it moves to Phu Cat in flight followed by two single F-100D planes. Fired up jet engine of the planes. Air Force planes climb into the sky through white clouds and disappear. (Vietnam War period).
Scenes from massive offensive by 1st Air Cavalry Division against the People's Army of Vietnam (PAVN) in A Shau Valley, during the Vietnam War. Film opens showing scattered wreckage of a U.S. Army UH-1H helicoptor damaged by enemy fire or by collision with obstacles during landing. As troops work to clear wreckage, another UH-1 lands precariously in the midst of debris. United States Army soldiers dismount. Other soldiers work around the crash site. Nearby, a contingent of troops is busy carving out a proper landing zone, using small tools and a number of chain saws. Two of them pass close by the camera, carrying a huge tree trunk. Troops employ chain saws close to one another as they work on the tangled underbrush and trees. In the background, one soldier chops smaller brush with a machete. (Note: It has been reported that these scenes depict elements of B Company, 227th Assault Helicopter battalion, at LZ Pepper, and the UH-1H seen landing might be from the 1st/9th "Head Hunters.")
UH-1D Helicopters fly overhead at Camp Evans, Thua Thei Province, South Vietnam. 1st Air Cavalry Division troops work in camp area. M-110 Howitzer parked on ground. Crew loads shells into Howitzer. Ch-47 Chinook helicopter flies overhead. Quadrant placed on Howitzer to check level. (Vietnam War period).
1st Air Cavalry Division troops at Camp Evans, Thua Thei Province, South Vietnam. Troops load shells onto M-110 Howitzer. 'Big Bad Widow Maker' written on barrel of Howitzer. Soldier looks into Azimuth. African American soldier speaks on telephone TA-312 TP. (Vietnam War period).
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