1st Battalion of 173rd Airborne Brigade on Airmobile Tactical Exercise in Vietnam. Troopers at a bivouac area with tents pitched in background. they are preparing by using camouflage sticks on each other. One soldier laughs as his buddy applies the camouflage to his face. Closeup of another trooper applying it to his own face with help from the mirror on a vehicle. Closeup of two troopers conversing and others in small groups. Several drink from a large #10 can, as one cleans his M-79 grenade launcher. Captain Raymond E Marshal speaks to a Vietnamese Lieutenant. (Vietnam War period).
1st Battalion of 173rd Airborne Brigade during Airmobile Tactical Exercise in Vietnam. UH-1D helicopters fly over field. Soldiers run across field. United States soldiers set up an M-60 machine gun in bushy area. Squad leader positions soldiers by hand signals. Soldier on alert with M-16 rifle. Soldier lying on ground loads an M-79 grenade launcher. (Vietnam War period).
1st Battalion of 173rd Airborne Brigade Combat Team on Airmobile Tactical Exercise in Vung Tau, South Vietnam, during Vietnam War. Captain Raymond E Marshal and Vietcong officer interrogate a Vietcong prisoner in forest area. Soldier eats food from a can. Troops walk into forest area. Soldier looks into hut with his M-16 rifle.
1st Battalion of 173rd Airborne Brigade during an Airmobile Tactical Exercise in Vung Tau, South Vietnam. Troopers moving cautiously through narrow jungle trail. Next, a suspected Viet Cong (VC) is seen with hands raised as he shows identification to an American trooper, who also frisk searches him. Next, he is seen being interrogated by a Vietnamese officer, while being guarded by a trooper. View of troopers moving along the jungle path and ducking under fallen tree trunks. (Vietnam War period).
Interiors of mess hall at 25th Infantry Division Base Camp in Vietnam. Two American Red Cross women volunteers entertain United States troops by performing a quiz program. 25th Infantry Division 'Tropic Lightning' insignia on women's shoulder sleeve. (Vietnam War period).
Three United States soldiers seated inside EM Club at 25th Infantry Division Base Camp in Vietnam. Group of soldiers stand at bar. (Vietnam War period).