U.S. Army personnel train at the MACV (Military Assistance Command Vietnam) Recondo School in Nha Trang, Vietnam. One soldier is seen sitting offshore, in a large black rubber boat (RB-15 Zodiac) in final phase of boat swamping and up-righting exercise. Other soldiers are seen in the water all around the boat. Those in the water gradually climb aboard, as the team keeps the boat stabilized, until all are on board, out of the water. In change of scene, a team, of nine soldiers, paddles their boat away from shore. (Beach, with some soldiers wading is seen in background.) In next scene they paddle back and beach the boat. (Vietnam War period).
Construction of Integrate Wideband Communication Sites (IWCS) by the U.S. Army in Vietnam. United States Strategic Command (STRATCOM) site in Qui Nhon. Huge square antennas and other antennas at the site. A watch tower in the background. A sign reads 'Stratcom Tropospheric Scatter Facility Quinhon Vietnam, OIC NCOIC, Lt. James B Cole.' Large machinery and equipment. Military jeep near a shed. Cycles rest against the buildings. A MRC 85 signal van. The site by the shoreline. Boats off shore. (Vietnam War period).
United States ambassador to South Vietnam Maxwell D. Taylor along with other officials and medical staff tours 8th field hospital in Nha Trang, South Vietnam. He speaks with a United States Army nurse. Taylor and other officials leave headquarters of Nha Trang province chief. Luman and others tour the Nha Trang market place. Taylor and party enter and leave the Vietnamese American Association building. (Vietnam War period).
United States 1st Cavalry Division soldiers during phase II of Operation Mosby in Vietnam. Soldiers of 1st Cavalry division question a blindfolded Viet Cong suspect on a field in Pleiku, Vietnam. The suspect points out towards an area where the Viet Cong may be hiding. U.S. soldiers look at a map and confer. A blindfolded Viet Cong suspect squats on ground and eats ration. He points out an area on a map to American officers. Officers seated on the ground as they check the map. (Vietnam War period).
25th Infantry Division soldiers of the U.S. Army climb downhill the Nui Ba Dev Mountains in Vietnam. They move through dense foliage, stop and take rest along the rugged mountain trail. UH-1D helicopter of the U.S. Army hovers in the sky. It drops supplies and flies off. A bespectacled soldier reads a book entitled 'Once there was a War'. (Vietnam War period).
UH-1D helicopter of the U.S. Army brings supplies for the soldiers of 25th Infantry Division on the slopes of Nui Ba Den Mountains in Vietnam. Smoke rises from bombing strike and signal grenade. A soldier signals with a red cloth. UH-1D helicopter drops supplies on the ground. Soldiers scramble to collect the supplies. More soldiers come. Soldiers carry water containers up the mountain. A soldier fills his bottle from the container and drinks. UH-1D helicopter drops more supplies and flies off. Soldiers open the box and take out packets of rations. A soldier heats something in a blackened utensil and adds to the packet of food. A bespectacled soldier eats from the packet. A bare chested soldier drinks from a can. Another soldier with his pants torn at his knees eats from his packet. (Vietnam War period).
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