An orientation film for United States Air Force personnel assigned to Southeast Asia. A USAF officer speaks. A Pan American aircraft at the Tan Son Nhut Air Base (Than Son Nhat International Airport, Trường Sơn, Phường 2, Tân Bình, Thành phố Hồ Chí Minh, Vietnam) near Saigon in Vietnam. Civilians and U.S. Air Force personnel disembark the plane. A lady airline attendant stands by the air stair. Airmen standing near the plane take notes. Airplanes parked on the runway. An explosion in the background. U.S. airmen direct the new arrivals. Airmen and officers walk out of the Airport and line up at the entrance. A sign reads 'Saigon Tan Son Nhut'. (Vietnam War period).
View of the first three U.S. B-52 bombers (of a force of 15) landing at U-Tapao Airbase, Thailand on April 10, 1967. These bombers hit targets in Vietnam on their way to U-Tapao. (The entire force arrived during the period from April through July, 1967, on temporary assignment from the Strategic Air Command 4433rd Bomb Wing at Anderson Air Force Base, Guam.) The B-52s are under the command of the SAC 3rd Air Division. The aircraft land with wing flaps down and deploy drag chutes to slow their ground rolls.Officers of the 4258th Strategic Wing,and Royal Thai Air Force greet the arriving aircrews. The event is recorded by photographers, along with newsmen from Japan, Thailand, United States and Philippines. (Vietnam War period).
President Lyndon B. Johnson arrives in a motorcade at Anderson Air Force Base, Guam, on March 20, 1967, during the Vietnam War. As a rain shower begins, a man, holding an umbrella, opens the door of the President's car, and Major General William Joseph Crumm, Commander of the 3rd Air Division, helps him step out. Closeup of some of the military families gathered to greet the President. Children hold small American flags. Next, the President is seen presenting Air Medals to 12 crew members of Strategic Air Command (SAC) B-52 bombers and KC-135 aerial refueling aircraft of the 3rd Air Division in the Western Pacific. View of friends and families and other spectators watching the proceedings. General Crumm is seen officially greeting President Johnson, and then presenting him with a plaque identifying him as a member of the "Top Three Club." The President makes a few remarks praising the Air medal recipients for their sacrifices and deeds in the air over Vietnam.
An honor guard stands as the American flag is raised during a ceremony at Anderson Air Force Base, Guam, on March 21, 1967. Major General William Joseph Crumm, Commander, 3rd Air Division, Strategic Air Command is seen saluting together with President Nguyen Van Thieu, and Prime Minister, Nguyen Cao Ky, of Republic of Vietnam, who flank him. Civilian spectators also salute in the background. Glimpse of the Honor Guard, again, followed by view of Vietnamese President Thieu pinning the Vietnam Distinguished Service Order medal on the uniform of General Crumm. Sign identifies building in background as Headquarters, 3rd Air Division. Civilian spectators watch from sidelines. A breeze is blowing and some light rain falls. A number of American Air Force officers and airmen stand at parade rest. A large number of Vietnamese medals is seen on a board ready for presentation. Next, Prime Minister Ky (former Chief of the Vietnamese Air Force) is seen pinning Vietnamese medals on the uniforms of the American Air Force personnel.
Shows a night time Vietcong rocket attack, just after midnight, July 15, 1967, on the United States Air Force flight line and barracks areas at the Da Nang Airbase in Vietnam. Heavy explosions and fires on the base. Fires started from secondary blasts by bombs and fuel. Aircraft destroyed included F-4 Phantom II's & C-130's. The U.S Marine Corps Fighter Squadron VMF (AW) 232, also based here, lost some of its F-8E Crusader aircraft in this attack. (Vietnam War period).
Vietnamese refugees arriving in the United States near the end of the Vietnam War, after the fall of Saigon. Tents in the background at the Vietnamese Refugee Processing Center of Eglin Air Force Base, outside Valparaiso, Florida. A sign board near a tent reads 'Airline ticket office'. An officer talks to a refugee family. The family consists of an older man, Mr. Ky Ly, who is present with his son and his son's family. His son is Mr. Thuyen Ly, a Vietnamese C-130 aircraft Commander with the 435th Squadron at Tan Son Nhut airbase. Also seen are Mr. Ly's wife, Mrs. Bich-Thuy Nguyen, and their two children, 5 year old Quyen Ly and 3 year old Vuong-Kha Ly. The Ly family speaks with a U.S. Air Force officer. Tents in the area. The Ly family seen walking in the tent complex. They enter a tent. The older Mr. Ly removes his glasses and a man takes his photograph for an identification card. Mr. Thuyen Ly sits for a photograph. A man takes his photograph. At a finger printing station, a man takes thumb impressions of Vietnamese refugees arriving in the United States.
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