Soldiers of the 199th Light Infantry Brigade seated on the field at Fire Base Stephanie in Bien Hoa province, South Vietnam. U.S. Army Chaplain Captain Angelo Liteky is concluding the Eucharist (Communion) using a cardboard box for an altar. He finishes the ceremony, drinks the wine from the chalice and covers it. Scene shifts to the Chaplain dispensing communion wafers to Army soldier communicants. Another view of Chaplain Liteky completing Communion service at makeshift altar. He then reads from an altar card, crosses himself, and blesses the gathering of Army soldiers, several of whom then return pamphlets they used to follow and participate in the Mass. (Vietnam War period).
Air activities during June 1965 at Bien Hoa AB,Vietnam. USAF A-1E skyraider pilot giving hand signal from the cockpit. Two A-1E aircraft flying. Aerial view of jungle as seen from the plane. Smoke rising in the jungle due to bomb hits. View of Bien Hoa AB runway. 7 June 1965. (Vietnam War period).
Aircraft AC-47 night missions at Bien Hoa Air Base. Parachute flares descend at night. Smoke drift from flares. Muzzle flashes from mini guns. Tracers from mini guns.
Aircraft AC-47 takes off from runway at Bein Hoa Air Base. AC-47 in flight. Crewmen place parachute flares in flare rack aboard AC-47.
Activities of Lieutenant Colonel Preston S. Flanagan of U.S. 31st TFW (Tactical Fighter Wing) who flies the same C-47 from Tuy Hoa Air Base in Vietnam during the Vietnam War that he had flown during World War II in Africa and Asia. The C-47D Skytrain transport plane parked in a revetment at Tuy Hoa Air Base. No. 1 engine of the aircraft starts up. A man signals to the pilot. The aircraft taxis and takes off from a runway and in flight over the air base.
Demonstration of defensive measures used at perimeter fence to guard against enemy ground attack during the Vietnam War. Several bright flash views of Napalm being fired off at night in dark. Bright flashes and arcs of burning fire that drop to the ground as the napalm is shot outward at Bein Hoa Air Base. Scattered fire burns. A series of Napalm explosions take place and fire burns.
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