A CH-47 Chinook helicopter of the U.S. Army First Aviation Brigade, flies overhead, at Camp Holloway, Pleiku, Vietnam. Blue, sky and white clouds seen above it. Next, it is seen descending vertically over the large bare earth field at the camp, near a white wind sock at the end of a section of the camp paved with pierced steel planking (PSP) aka Marsden matting. The chopper raises huge clouds of red clay dust. Scene shifts to the CH-47 settling down on part of field paved with PSP. A helicopter crewman walks past a parked UH-1 Huey helicopter, as a Lockheed C-130 Hercules transport takes off on the camp runway. Camera follows the departing aircraft. Two CH-47s land near the runway. A Cessna O-2 Skymaster plane takes off on the runway. Three UH-1s with engines running, one airborne, near edge of PSP ramp. A UH-1 with engine running near revetments, as soldiers manually move a Hughes OH-6 Cayuse parked nearby. A CH-47 descending to land. Mountains seen in background.
Long line of Vietnamese on way to newly discovered mass grave. People dig and uncover bodies which show signs of torture. Locals try to identify bodies of dead. Second mass grave uncovered. People dig out body parts of dead. Body parts stored in bags. Third mass burial uncovered. Local authorities meeting. Assembly point for hundreds of coffins. Incense burning. Mourners at coffins. Coffin is opened and woman looks at the remains. Flowers and incense burns on coffins. Buddhist ceremonies at shrine hall. Coffins prepared for procession. Women grieve. Funeral procession moves which extends for miles. White coolie hats worn by mourners. Mourning and shrine at cemetery. Civilians and military mourners at cemetery. Reburial of bodies (Vietnam War period).
View of the USS Harnett County (LST-821) from a patrol boat circling from her port side. Closeup of a Navy Corpsman in his office clinic aboard. He is filling a box with items to be carried to a South Vietnamese village. He and several crew members enter the village, 30 miles up the Co-Chien River. Two sailors carry the white box, marked with a red cross. A group of Vietnamese children begin to follow them, singing as they go. The children accost one of the crew carrying an armload of treats. He hands one to each child. Views of him passing treats to children crowded around him. Vietnamese mothers and fathers are with the chilren. several soldiers are seen in uniform, of Republic of Vietnam Army (ARVN). The Harnett County's Corpsman has set up a table and is seeing villagers who seek medical advice and assistance. An ARVN soldier helps as interpreter. His patients are mostly the elderly and children. U.S. Naval officer is seen in the gathering. Closeup of the Corpsman as he rides back to the USS Harnett County aboard a patrol boat.
Street vendors in Saigon, Vietnam. Two Vietnamese girls on a street. A female street vendor sits next to her stall. A man at the street side stall as he displays some wares. Other stalls in the foreground. People walk past the vendors. Two men at a stall.
Vietnamese women in Saigon, Vietnam. Two Vietnamese women each carrying two baskets cross a street. Motorcycles, motor scooters and bicycles parked along a sidewalk in a market.
Neon signs in Saigon, Vietnam. Various neon signs outside shops, bars and restaurants. Most of the signs in English. Some of the signs read ' Hertz rent a car ', ' Buick and Pontiac home delivery ' , ' Morning star Bar ' , ' Rex'.
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