A film about aerospace medical evacuation and first aid operations for injured soldiers in Vietnam during the Vietnam War. Traffic on a street in Saigon. Headquarters of Far East Joint Medical Regulating Office. Men at the office decide upon the hospital best equipped to treat a particular patient. An officer marks on a chart. Another officer speaks over a phone. A teletype strip. Officers gather at a briefing room at Scott air base in Illinois. An officer (General Howell M. Estes, Jr.) gives a presentation about the medical rescue undertaken by air ambulance crew. Officer inquires another officer about a burn patient. Officer also briefs about the weather factors that affect medical evacuation.
A documentary about deployment of United States 430th Tactical Air Command Fighter Squadron in Takhli, Thailand during the Vietnam War. A jeep arrives at Takhli Royal Thai Air Force Base and men enter the building. A Thai airman at a desk working on papers. An American pilot orders him. The two of them walk out of the building as they carry flight gear. Men inspect a United States Air Force plane. The Thai airman climbs into the cockpit. A man hands over papers to the Thai airman and they discuss. The Thai airman gets onto the wing of the aircraft and climbs into the cockpit. He drinks from a can as he stands onto the aircraft. He gets down from the plane and gets into the jet engine. A pilot climbs into the cockpit of an aircraft and works on controls. The pilot preflights the aircraft. An aircraft being refueled.
A documentary about deployment of United States 430th Tactical Air Command Fighter Squadron in Takhli, Thailand during the Vietnam War. A control tower at Takhli Royal Thai Air Force Base. A plane in flight. A man sleeps with his face covered with a book. He looks at the plane in the sky and goes off to sleep again. Men sit around a table. One of them answers a phone call. Men rush out at an emergency call. They get into United States Air Force fire trucks and drive away. A man sunbathes.
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. They await the return of the special forces soldiers after an attempt to rescue American prisoners of war from a camp near Hanoi, North Vietnam. A United States C-123 aircraft taxis after landing. Soldiers of the special forces get off the aircraft as they return. Family members greet the soldiers. Photographers take pictures. Soldiers reunite with their families and friends. (Vietnam War period).
U.S. 34th Division Artillery at McChord Air Force Base in Washington, United States prior to their deployment to Vietnam during the Vietnam War. Soldiers disembark from a bus. They line up in front of a mess tent. A band plays as the soldiers eat breakfast. Two officers drink coffee and talk in front of an urn.
Television broadcast of U.S. President Richard Nixon's speech from the White House in Washington DC, United States on the withdrawal of remaining U.S. troops from Vietnam on 29th March 1973 during the Vietnam War. The White House. The Seal of the President of the United States. The President talks about that period of the Vietnam War when he joined the office and speaks about the program he initiated to end the war. He says American prisoners are on their way from Vietnam and people of South Vietnam are now free to choose their government. He says North Vietnam is not complying with few provisions of the Peace Agreement. He says that they should honor all those American soldiers who died during the Vietnam War. He refers to the difficult days of the war including the moratorium to end the war which was organized on October 15, 1969 when millions of Americans took day off from work and schools to participate in local demonstrations against the war. Nixon refers to the period of April 1971 when he ordered attacks on Communist bases in Cambodia. He talks about the period of May 1972 when he ordered air strikes in North Vietnam and the period of December 1972 when he ordered more air strikes.
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