Construction of a runway at the Nha Trang Airfield in Vietnam. A U.S. Air Force Lockheed C-130B Hercules makes a landing approach with wheels down. The aircraft in flight overhead. The C-130B makes a landing on the runway. A water truck sprays water on the runway under construction. A U.S. Army O-1E Bird Dog in flight overhead. The aircraft flies low over the runway. A spreader spreads asphalt. The freshly spread asphalt is compacted. A USMC Sikorsky UH-34 SeaHorse helicopter approaches. The compactor in the foreground. Compactors at work in the foreground. The chopper flies away to the right. A mountain range in the background. (Vietnam War period).
United States Army 121st Aviation Company Air Mbl. Lt. operations building in Soc Trang,Vietnam. Home of the "Soc Trang Tigers". An officer speaks over the phone. Soc Trang airfield control tower. Headquarters of 121st Aviation Company (former 93rd Transportation Company - Light Helicopter). An officer briefs soldiers with the help of a map. Soldiers carrying their guns are seen, as one of them speaks to the Officer. (Vietnam War period).
Opening scene shows view from cockpit of a U.S. Army Sikorsky H-34 Helicopter flying over Dong Xoai, Vietnam. View from the ground as the helicopter descends to land. Scene shifts to the ground, where heavy battle damage is evident in structures and surroundings. U.S. soldiers stand near damaged cemetery. Severe battle damage is shown with gaping holes in a building. Also shown are some captured arms left after the end of the Viet Cong assault on the town and its airstrip (defended by 400 South Vietnamese troops). Members of a local family , including several small children, each search through wreckage for any surviving belongings. ARVN (Army of Vietnam) soldiers help search through rubble. Survivors are seen carrying their few belongings as they leave the destroyed town to seek shelter elsewhere. More views of the battle damaged town. A U.S. Army Colonel is seen conversing with an ARVN officer. More views of damaged town. The U.S. Navy aircraft carrier, USS Midway (CVA-41) is seen carrying a deck full of mostly F-4 Phantom fighter aircraft. Closeup on deck shows several aircraft displaying the tail code "NE" of Carrier Air Wing Two (CVW-2). Closeup of a Douglas A-1H Skyraider aircraft being cleared for takeoff from an aircraft carrier. Closeup of pilot in open cockpit of a Vought F-8 Crusader aircraft that displays shark teeth at its engine intake, and a tear drop on its fuselage. Closeup of an A-1H taking off from carrier deck.
A Martin B-57 Canberra bomber aircraft of the U.S. Air Force 8th Bomb Squadron is seen in flight over Vietnam, during the Vietnam War. Wingtip tanks of extra fuel seen on aircraft. Various close up views of the B-57 aircraft in flight seen from its left and ride side. The B-57 aircraft banks to the left near end of clip.
Canal Zone in Panama. A United States Air Rescue Sikorsky H-5 helicopter with 'Rescue' written on it lifts off at Albrook Air Force Base in Panama. Helicopter hovers around and lands back at the base.
United States Army Air Force at the Isley Field base in Saipan in Mariana Island, South Pacific during World War II. Station Hospital at the base. GIs in beds in the Quonset hut. A Power Shovel digs a hill near the base. Coral from the hill loaded in a truck by a Shovel. Trucks transport the loaded coral through a rough mountainous terrain. Crops in farmlands near the base.
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