1st Air Cavalry Dv. of Operation Delaware. A Shau Valley filled with smoke and pockmarked with craters all over. April 1968.
North Vietnamese fishermen who captured Lieutenant JG Everett Alvarez, jr. after his A-4D was shot down. The fishermen in their wooden boats help divers locate and retrieve wreckage of the aircraft. Barefoot men in two boats raise heavy pieces of wreckage on wooden poles. Views of various recovered airplane parts. A Vietnamese diver in deepsea divers suit is hoisted up at side of one boat. Men in boats pick up aircraft parts and gear.Part numbers and model information on various aircraft parts. A life vest with manufacturer's marking : "BUAER USN".
North Vietnamese civilians armed as they pursue daily work activity. Interiors of factory. North Vietnamese working in machine shop. At a signal, they leave machines, pick up rifles from racks lining the walls, and deploy to defensive positions. Men producing artillery shells in factory. Men plough in rice paddy, with their rifles stacked ready for use. Men and women work in farm fields, with rifles stacked, nearby. Men and women work in field with rifles slung on their shoulders. An armed man feeds ducks. Men and women march with rifles on beach. Artillery gun crew on North Vietnamese gunboat. Various boats in water. Sail boats.
After discovering mass grave in Hue. Grieving women and shrine at meeting point for hundreds of grave. Mourners near coffins. Coffins prepared for procession. Incense and flowers burn on coffin. Bamboo sticks tied with coffin. Women cry. Mourners in coolie hats. Coffins carried by men. Funeral procession moves ahead. Procession on its way to cemetery. Mourners wear coolie hats in procession. Procession extends for miles. Procession arrives at cemetery. Shrine in cemetery. Civilians and military authorities at cemetery. Burial begins.
Damage from bomb thrown into Headquarters of Vietnamese General, commanding anti terrorist Government forces, in downtown, Saigon, Indochina. Authorities rummage through the shattered bricks. Damaged building and offices after bombing. Wounded guards in hospital. Site of another bombing in Indochina. Flags fly from poles in front of the building. A damaged portrait of a French three-star General hangs on the wall. Damaged furniture and room littered with broken glass. A wrecked car in courtyard of home. The main entrance gate of the residence.
A Military Police station. 18th Military Police brigade signs in Saigon. Military Policemen check M-60 machine guns and radio in the M 151 armored jeep. They get into jeep. They discuss among themselves and drive off on patrol. They drive in armored jeeps in the streets of Saigon.