United States aircraft bomb targets in Tay Ninh, Vietnam during the Vietnam War. Aerial view of smoke and explosions in forest areas. An aircraft drops napalm bombs over ground targets. Smoke and explosion in the forest.
United States aircraft in Tay Ninh, Vietnam during the Vietnam War. Aerial view of green fields, a forest area and a river. View of buildings along the river side.
United States aircraft bomb targets in Tay Ninh, Vietnam during the Vietnam War. Aerial view of green fields. Smoke in a forest area due to bombing. Fire and explosions on the ground. An aircraft drops bomb over ground target.
Opening slate identifies this footage as from "Operation Rio Grande" which ran from November 20-27, 1967. It was a Search and Destroy mission which incorporated the U.S. Marines 5th and 7th Brigades along with Republic of Vietnam marines and Army units during the Vietnam War. Patrolling marines walk across a field. Next, marines are seen crossing a crude log bridge on a road through jungles. View from rear of a marine approaching a thatched roofed dwelling, where he joins other marines. Some weapons are seen on the ground. They gather at a low entrance to the house where another marine is searching inside. He comes out carrying an automatic pistol that he hands to another marine. The marines search other houses in the small cluster of homes. Several marines gather outside the huts. One speaks on a PRC-25 radio. They begin moving away from the area. In a different area, a marine pulls a cover off a hole in the ground which conceals an entry to a tunnel. He slowly crawls into it. He passes a large roll of paper, covered with plastic, to a marine standing outside the tunnel entrance. As he emerges from the tunnel he passes an orange-colored object to the marine outside.
U.S. Marines in Con Thien, Vietnam during the Vietnam War. United States Marines near a tank as they retrieve bodies of dead Marines on a field. A Marine wearing a gas mask. A dead Marine being loaded onto the tank. The Marines and the tank move across the field to retrieve the dead Marines. A Marine with a gas mask on his face.
U.S. Marines in Con Thien, Vietnam during the Vietnam War. United States Marine Corps A-4 Skyhawk and F-4 Phantom II aircraft patrol an area. Smoke rises from an area after bombing. Explosions occur and smoke rises. U.S. Marines advance across an area.