101st Air Cavalry Dv. of Operation Somerset Plain. U.S. Soldiers inside the ditch, filling sandbags with shovels for making bunkers. African American soldier digging sand. Soldiers seen adjusting and standing near the hows. Supplies hanging on copter CH-47 which is flying. August 1968. (Vietnam War period).
101st Air Cavalry Dv. of Operation Somerset Plain. U.S. Soldier speaks on the telephone. August 1968. (Vietnam War period).
101st Air Cavalry Dv. of Operation Somerset Plain. U.S. Officer watching through binoculars. U.S. Soldier wearing headset and playing with a puppy. A bunch of U.S. soldiers loading 105mm Howitzers. CH-47 helicopter coming with the hanging supplies and then flying off. August 1968. (Vietnam War period).
U.S. troops arriving in Vietnam undergo processing by the 90th Replacement Battalion. Scene opens showing buses carrying newly arriving U.S. soldiers from the Ben Hoa airbase, to the depot of the 90th Replacement Battalion,near Long Binh, Vietnam. The buses make their way along dirt roads at the base. Various types of shelters, including tents and buildings of light construction are seen. The soldiers leave the buses, carrying personal belongings and manila folders with documents. As the buses pull away, signs in Vietnamese are seen on their sides. Next, the newly arrived soldiers are seen gathered in an open field. Some smoke cigarettes. There appears to be a chapel building in the background. Some soldiers see the camera behind them and wave toward it. A briefer is addressing them from a stand in front of a low building. Next, soldiers are seen entering a building where sign is posted reading: "OFF LIMITS, unless you are processing." (Vietnam War period).
1st Air Cavalry Dv. of Operation Delaware. Group of soldiers seen on the ground at Camp Evans. UH-1D copter land and a group of soldiers get down. Pictures of helicopter leaving and soldiers walking through a bushy path. 17 April 1968. (Vietnam War period).
1st Air Cavalry Dv. of Operation Delaware. CH-47 helicopter seen with load of supplies. Wreckage of CH-47. Soldiers seen adjusting 105mm Howitzer and marking some path. Officers talking amongst themselves. 22 April 1968. (Vietnam War period).
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