U.S. Marines of "F" Company , 2nd Battalion, 9th Marines, near Xuan Hai, Vietnam during Operation Thor. Weary marines trudge back from a scouting mission. A marine with a 35 mm still camera around his neck. A marine with an M-16 rifle stands guard near unit packs and gear piled on the ground. A marine with an M-16 rifle walks in the foreground. Marines in the grassy area in the far background. A U.S. Marine Corps F-4 Phantom fighter-bomber dives on a target and fires rockets. Explosion from the rocket strike. A jet aircraft in flight high above.
Opening scene shows South Vietnamese soldiers stacking a large cache of intercepted arms destined for the Viet Cong, including a million rounds of small arms ammunition. Also seen are AK-47 rifles and mortar rounds that contain Chinese markings. Camera focuses on the Chinese writing. Next, North Vietnamese leader, Ho Chi Minh, is seen seating himself at a table to talk informally with others, including General Vo Nguyen Giap. (Vietnam War period).
Operation Passage to Freedom in Vietnam. Vietnamese being loaded aboard army dump trucks. Vietnamese in line waiting to climb into trucks. Loaded trucks being driven away. Refugees lined against fence of ship. Refugees disembark and unload the ship.
Operation Passage to Freedom in Vietnam. Refugees on deck of ship eating rice from cans with chop sticks. Vietnamese underway in a small landing craft eating rice. Vietnamese baby crying as parents try to give him oranges. Refugees scrubbing fiber mats on deck of the ship. Children scrubbing deck of ship with brushes.
Operation Passage to Freedom in Vietnam. USS Bayfield (APA 33) at anchor. Bayfield at sea. Deck of Bayfield. Sign: "Passage to Freedom". Deck of Bayfield as ship pulls into Saigon, Indo-china. Bayfield with LCM (Landing Craft Mechanized) ahead coming into Saigon harbor. Deck of Bayfield with Vietnamese refugees aboard. Sailors carry stretchers with wounded being carried down gangway. Nuns coming down the gangway. Sailors help them with luggage. Refugees come down the gangway. Refugees disembark at "Freedom Pier".
United States Navy Swift boats underway at a sea in Vietnam. A radar antenna turns on a Swift Boat (patrol boat). United States flag flying on the boat in the foreground. View of the engine below the deck. A sailor comes out and closes the engine hatch. A native boat passes by. A naval officer at the controls of the Swift Boat. The naval officer operates a steering wheel. Instruments and meters in view. The officer uses a map and a compass.
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