UH-1D helicopters come in for landing at grassy field at U.S. 199th Light Infantry Brigade's base camp during the Vietnam War. Soldiers board UH-1Ds. The UH-1Ds take off from the field.
U.S. 199th Light Infantry Brigade unload supplies from a UH-1D helicopter at their base camp durng the Vietnam War. Soldiers carry marmite food containers to tree line.
South Vietnamese Regional forces or Popular forces being trained during the Vietnam War. South Vietnamese Regional forces or Popular forces trainees run in assault formation in mock village during a simulated attack. They enter a hut in the mock village. Trainees run across the bushes camouflaged by leaves. A trainee in a trench fires a rifle. Men lined up on parade field at the graduation ceremony. Guidon bearers holding flags. Regional forces training center emblem at the base of the flag post. A soldier plays a bugle. Soldiers blow bugle with a banner over head that reads ' Le Man Khoa '
United States Navy patrol boats (Swift Boats) underway at a sea in Vietnam. Sailors aboard the patrol boats. They load grenade launchers and 50 caliber machine guns. Mortar shells are unpacked from casings. Mortar is loaded and fired. Smoke rises up due to explosions at the base of mountains near the shore.
United States Navy patrol boats (Swift Boats) underway at a sea in Vietnam. Sailors aboard the patrol boats fire 50 caliber machine guns. Mortar shells are loaded and fired. Smoke rises up due to explosions at the base of mountains near the shore. Bullets of 50 caliber machine guns hit the water surface and the beach. A United States flag on the boat.
United States Marine Corps (USMC) Marines disembark from the back of helicopter beside a river. The Marines move into a jungle. Marines walk over rocks to cross a stream. Sergeant Jimmy Little narrates Marines’ patrol mission in Vietnam, a mission near route 9 and then back to base camp. Marines wearing foliage on their helmets carefully move on jungle trail. Marines wading in knee-deep river. Some Marines are seen smoking or carrying M40 recoilless rifles as they search the river for bodies and weapons. Marines hiding behind grass and trees and a small cliff. A soldier points and shouts orders while wading in river. A pair of Marines pull a gravely wounded comrade from the top of a cliff. A Marine loads an M79 grenade launcher and shoots at Vietcong forces. A rifle is fired. ‘Combat Art’ depicting a Marine looking at dead bodies. United States Marine Corps officers inspect captured weapons from Vietcong forces. A hand holds a hand drawn map. Debris and abandoned weapons and dead bodies are seen in the field. USMC Major General Wood B. Kyle summarizes the Marines’ experience in Operation Hastings and Operation Prairie, saying that the battles "stand as notable achievements in our battle against communist aggression...."
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