Activities of United States1st Cavalry Division in Vietnam during the Vietnam War. Soldiers rush through elephant grass towards a downed U.S. Army UH-1D helicopter. U.S. soldiers tie down rotor blades as other soldiers secure equipment inside the helicopter. The soldiers take defensive positions around the UH-1D. Boeing CH-47 Chinook helicopter flies in and hovers over the downed UH-1D. A hoist is secured and the CH-47 lifts the UH-1D and flies off. The CH-47 carrying the damaged UH-1D, flies. The CH-47 parked on Camp Holloway Airfield. The CH-47 lowers the UH-1D to the ground on the airfield.
U.S. Gun crews firing howitzer, in Vietnam. CH-47 helicopter lands and discharges U.S. Army soldiers, who engage enemy in battle. Several UH-1 (Huey) helicopters land and discharge U.S. troops. Army personnel helping Vietnamese build a new school room, as many Vietnamese children look on. Searching for Viet Cong from helicoptors, flying over jungle canopy. A UH-1B, helicopter, equipped with a "personnel detector." Transmitters placed on free-ranging dogs, in hostile areas, to detect enemy. (Vietnam War period).
Railroad ambush detector in Vietnam.precedes the train and senses any tampering with the track. Spotlight equipped helicopters, called "fireflies." expose night activities of the enemy to gun ships. Large group of UH-1 helicopters in flight. A CH-47, heavy lift helicopter transporting artillery and supplies. U.S. Army AH-1Huey Cobra, firing rockets and gatling miniguns. Cayuse OH-6 observation helicopter in flight. (Vietnam War period).
Lieutenant Colonel John C. Hughes Commander of United States 52nd Aviation Company in Vietnam during the Vietnam War. Lieutenant Colonel Hughes walks with Special Forces soldiers. He greets children in a village. A child holds a cross bow. Colonel and a Vietnamese man smoke a cigar. Montagnards watch as Lieutenant Colonel smokes the cigar. Colonel lights the cigar of a dwarf woman as she carries a bundle of wood on her back. He poses with two dwarf women carrying bundles of wood on their backs. A boy holds a cross bow.
Views of jungle terrain in Vietnam. Aerial views of pick up point . A stream passing through the jungle. Smoke puffs emerges from hills in the jungle. A patch of grass starts to burn. United States Army UH-1B helicopter in flight. Aerial views of the jungle terrain with a river and a valley. An aircraft in flight. (Vietnam War period).
Lieutenant Colonel John C. Hughes Commander of United States 52nd Aviation in Vietnam. Lieutenant Colonel Hughes goes over a map during a debriefing in front of a United States Army UH-1B aircraft. Lieutenant Colonel points at a map as a soldier listens. Lieutenant Colonel Hughes eats beans from a ration can. (Vietnam War period).
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