Battle of Khe Sanh between January 1968 to April 1968, during the Vietnam War. Aerial view of battlefield terrain in valley of Khe Sanh surrounded by mountains and ridges. Military jeep moves on road. Wounded marine carried on litter. Bomb explodes near plane. Supplies at airbase. The American flag on a mountain. David E Lownds, Colonel, U.S. Marine Corps, Commanding Officer, Khe Sanh, speaks. The Colonel explains the location of battle with help of a terrain model. Bombs dropped on mountains. Marines fire artillery. An African American marine loads a mortar and another Marine fires it. Airfield prepared at Khe Sanh. Marines dig trenches. Marines patrol in woods. American military aircraft in flight. U.S. officers look at map on light table. General William Westmoreland gets into helicopter at airbase. Bell UH-1B Iroquois Huey helicopter lands after short flight. U.S. officers leave the helicopter. General Westmoreland and marines check the location. Marines examine aerial reconnaissance photo images on light tables. Sign reads 'Welcome to Khe Sanh Matcu 62 Airfield'. Reinforcing Marines arriving at Khe Sanh airfield and exiting rear of C-130 aircraft with barracks bags and supplies. Supplies dropped by small parachutes from planes in flight. Flashback scenes of French paratroopers landing in the same area during 1954 in the Indochina War. French forces in battle. French advance with heavy artillery but did not win the war. Armistice signed by leaders in Geneva. Scenes return to 1968 with Marines in sandbag bunkers at Khe Sanh. Wide view of terrain at Khe Sanh. U.S. marines in trenches during battle. African American marine eating a ration. Colonel Lownds speaks. White and African American Marines move through jungle terrain. Marines firing artillery at North Vietnamese forces. Aircraft on bombing run. Explosions at Khe Sanh as ammunition dump is hit and explodes in multiple heavy explosions. Heavy artillery attack by North Vietnamese at Khe Sanh and smoke rises from explosions during battle. U.S. Marines in series of trenches firing back at enemy. Explosions on American base airfield near parked helicopter and near a moving C-130 aircraft as it taxis and prepares to take off from runway.
View of the Mouth of the Han River from the Danang USO Building rooftop during the Vietnam War. Sign saying “USO Da-Nang 1”. United States soldiers looking at the Han River from the Danang USO Building rooftop. Sign saying “USO Da-Nang 1”. View of Han River from Danang USO Building. A sign saying “Wow The blasts you hear from nine to six, are merely our Seabees getting their kicks. Generally near noon, and again after five, any other rounds are apt to be live”. American soldiers enter Hill-327 USO club at the Marine Base at Danang.
United States soldier plays piano in the Hill-327 USO club at the Marine Base at Danang during the Vietnam War. American soldier writes a letter as he sits on armchair inside the reading room of the Danang USO Club. American soldier reads newspaper inside reading room of the Danang USO Club. Soldier drinks a milkshake at the Danang USO Club. Soldier gives satisfied smile after drinking milkshake.
Operation 'Jackstay' in Vung Tau, Vietnam. Several ships at anchor in Dong Tranh River. A Swift Boat underway. A 50 caliber machine gun in the boat. A life jacket hangs from the gun mount. A United States flag flies in the breeze. A crew member looks out over the water. A shoreline in the background. The Swift Boat underway en route to Cat-Lo naval base. A crew man stands on the deck. A merchant tug and a barge underway. Junk being passed in the river by Patrol Craft PCF-31. Crewmen cover the 50 caliber machine gun.
Aerial view of A Shau Valley from helicopter as it brings troops of 101st Airborne Division to landing zone fury. U.S. Army UH-1H helicopter in flight. The helicopter lands. Troops disembark from the helicopter and the helicopter takes off. Supplies stacked on the Fire Support Base. The troops on the ground. Troops disembark from another helicopter and the helicopter takes off. The troops walk down a hill. (Note: Expanding on the opening slate, the A Shau Valley as seen from landing zone fury, was shot by SP5 Chris Jensen of the 221st Signal Company and Southeast Asia Pictorial Center, using 16 mm Film.) (Vietnam War period).
Target areas along a riverside bombed by U.S. A-1 Skyraider aircraft during the Vietnam War in Vietnam. A blast in an area on a riverside caused due to a bomb dropped by a U.S. military aircraft in Vietnam. Aerial views of thick grey smoke rising into the air. More bomb blasts in areas near the river side. Smoke filled air above the trees. Other nearby areas in view. Small huts on the riverside. The air filled with smoke. Black smoke rising from bombed areas. Thick white smoke rise from the bombed areas along the river side.
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