United States Air Force General Jack J. Catton on a walking tour of Tan Son Nhut Air Base in Vietnam. A United States Air Force HH-43 B helicopter with General Catton aboard it lands outside a weather station at Tan Son Nhut Air Base. He talks to army officers inside a building. General Catton inspects personnel and tours the weather station with MAC (Military Airlift Command) Chief of Staff Major General William V. McBride and party. He drinks from a glass and speaks to an officer. General Catton salutes and shakes hands with the officer. (Vietnam War period).
United States Air Force General Jack J. Catton on a walking tour of Tan Son Nhut Air Base in Vietnam. Staff cars drive past a sign that reads '600th Photo Squadron'. Cycles in the foreground. General Catton arrives at a building. General Catton and party reach a United States Air Force HH-43 B helicopter by cars. The HH-43 B and an AH-1G helicopters lift off. General Catton speaks to personnel and boards a United States Air Force C-141A aircraft. The aircraft taxis along a runway. (Vietnam War period).
Opening scene shows Vietnamese refugees, including women, children, and aged persons, being assisted by ARVN (Army of Vietnam) soldiers as they slowly proceed from their homes. One person weeps, while crouched beside pile of belongings. Vietnamese carrying belongings, including one with a child sitting in a cauldron, on poles across their shoulders. ARVN soldiers are seen burning buildings. Closeup of an M60 machine gun being fired on full automatic from door of a U.S. Bell UH-1 Iroquois helicopter (unseen). U.S. marines in a trench surrounded by sandbags. One is looking through binoculars toward a ridge where white smoke is rising. A C-123 of the U.S. Air Force 311th Special Operations Squadron (Tail Code WV) out of Phan Rang Air Base, lands at dirt field and soldiers hurry to board it. Partial glimpse closeup of pilot in cockpit of a U.S. Navy or Marine Douglas A-4 Skyhawk aircraft in flight. Aerial views from above, of ordnance being dropped on Viet Cong positions from U.S. warplanes. Explosions in trees on the ground. Small part of an aircraft seen from onboard camera, as it flies over cultivated part of South Vietnam, dropping bombs. U.S. soldiers walking into a wooded area where smoke is rising, and taking a blindfolded Vietcong prisoner.
U.S. sailors aboard River Patrol Boats during a patrol in the Bassac River, Vietnam, during the Vietnam War. An M-2 Browning .50 cal. machine gun at the stern of a boat. Men man their .50 cal. machine guns. Soldier fires Mk 18 Mod 0 grenade launcher. Heavy foliage alongside the riverbank. Officers pour water on the engine of the boat. Lieutenant Lemon and Lieutenant Riedel man their machine guns. They load ammunition belts in the guns. Soldier stands ready with a M79 grenade launcher aimed at river bank. A helicopter in flight overhead.
U.S. soldiers of 725th Support Battalion, 25th Infantry Division at Rose Orphanage in Vietnam. Two soldiers arrive at the orphanage. Children play in a yard. The soldiers give candies and gifts to the children. The soldiers with the children. A Vietnamese nun with the children in the yard. (Vietnam War period).
U.S. soldiers of 725th Support Battalion, 25th Infantry Division at Rose Orphanage in Vietnam. The soldiers play with children after distributing Christmas gifts. The children play in a yard and swing on swings. A soldier talks to the children. (Vietnam War period).