U.S. Army troops in a jeep loaded with ammunition, passes it out to men on perimeter line. Soldiers in heavy sandbagged bunker. Jeep backs away with boxes of ammunition on hood. Small armored vehicle disabled. Lookout tower at R6x truck in the background. Few men walk around perimeter of Tan Son Entrance. Wounded man carried on stretcher to side of MEDEVAC helicopter at Tan Son Entrance. Wounded man removed from ambulance. UH-46D helicopter hovers over field in the far background. MEDEVAC takes off. Ambulance passes in the foreground. UH-1B helicopter comes for landing. Helicopters in revetments. Man holds fuel nozzle during refueling of helicopter. He removes nozzle from tank of UH-1B and replaces cap. Men carry supplies to MEDEVAC. (Vietnam War period).
First day of duty of the United States Air Force personnel in Vietnam A Trans International DC-8 airplane arrives at Saigon Tan Son Nhut Airport Terminal. Marshalling the airplane. Various personnel of the United States Air Force descend from the plane. Air Force personnel put their luggage in a truck. They then move in to a bus. (Vietnam War period).
Lieutenant Isley and his ISO return from a mission and get into debriefing van. F-4C's at Air Base. Buddist Shirne on hill. F-4C's in flight in the background.
Cam Ranh Bay Air Base mess facilities exterior shots show airmen dipping mess plates into hot boiling water. Men also dump food into garbage cans and scrub mess gear. A sign reads 'Dining Hall number 1' and 'Please Sterilize Mess Gear before using'.
Coverage of joint USAF - Navy participation in construction of air base at Phu Cat. Shows arrival of men and equipment. U.S. military men offload lumbar. Truck convoy en route to base construction site. Flatbed transport truck gets stuck in a mud hole. Erection of early facilities including mess hall, 120 kilowatt power generator and water purifier. Airmen and sentry dogs patrol base perimeter.
Ambassador Maxwell D Taylor and General William C Westmoreland inspect Vietcong damage. A U.S. Air Force officer briefs them on the extent of the damage. Damaged barracks show rubble. Row of damaged barracks. (Vietnam War period).
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