United States Army Special Forces return to Fort Bragg, North Carolina. United States Army soldiers and a band lined up as they hold American flags at Pope Air Force Base. Families wait for the return of United States Army Special Forces. A sign reads ' United States Air Force Pope Air Force Base'. A United States C-123 aircraft taxis after landing. Soldiers of the special forces get off the aircraft as they return after an attempted rescue of American prisoners of war from a camp near Hanoi, North Vietnam. The family members greet the soldiers. Photographers take pictures. An officer of the special forces speaks into a microphone. (Vietnam War period).
United States Air force radar site in Da Nang, Vietnam. Images formed on a radarscope at a United States Air Force radar site near Da Nang Air Base. A Vietnamese personnel looks at the radarscope as images are formed. United States Air Force airman marks points on a transparent plotting board. (Vietnam War period).
U.S. Air Force Air cargo terminal at Travis Air Force Base, California. High priority (Red Ball Express) cargo is loaded onto a Boeing 707 aircraft for delivery to Vietnam. Upon arrival it is sorted for immediate delivery. Computer room of the 14th Inventory Control Center, featuring reel-to-reel tape decks and Hollerith punch card equipment. Aerial views of numerous medical facilities of the Army Medical Service, in Vietnam. A UH-1 Huey medical evacuation helicopter lands and wounded soldiers, on stretchers, are placed aboard, and flown to medical facilities for treatment. Inside an Air Ambulance helicopter, a personnel hoist, upon which a stretcher can be placed, is lowered to the ground. Also shown, is a search and rescue "jungle penetrator" that facilitates rescue of a downed pilot or other person from dense jungle where landing is impossible. The pilot is shown attached to hoist connected to helicopter.
A film based on U.S. Air Force O-1F Bird Dog liaison aircraft FAC (forward air control) operations against the Ho Chi Minh Trail by U.S. 23rd Tactical Air Support Squadron in Vietnam during the Vietnam War. Lieutenant Colonel William F. Bretzius and 1st Lieutenant Richard S. Kroll talk together in front of an O-1F aircraft. Insignia of 23rd TASS (Tactical Air Support Squadron) on a flight jacket.
1st Air Cavalry Dv. of Operation Delaware. A Shau Valley filled with smoke and pockmarked with craters all over. April 1968.
A film based on U.S. Air Force O-1F Bird Dog liaison aircraft FAC (forward air control) operations against the Ho Chi Minh Trail by U.S. 23rd Tactical Air Support Squadron in Vietnam during the Vietnam War. An O-1F aircraft piloted by Lieutenant Colonel William F. Bretzius in flight over mountains.
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