Formation of VNAF (Vietnamese Air Force) A-1H Skyraiders, of the 524th Fighter Squadron, on a mission during Vietnam War. Aerial views of A-1Hs in flight. View of pilot in one of the aircraft.
U.S. Army Special forces operate a radio during the Vietnam War. U.S. Army M/Sgt (Master Sergeant) Richard E. Pegram uses an GRC-9 radio set. A Vietnamese man cranks a generator. Others look on. M/Sgt. Pegram taps a key.
Vietnamese troops of Camp Plei Mrong Strike Force search for Vietnamese Montagnard Cong soldiers in a Vietnamese jungle during the Vietnam War. Troops run across a cornfield. Huts are set afire by the troops. A thatch hut burns. Vietnamese patrol questions a Montagnard farmer. An interpreter questions a Montagnard. U.S. M/Sgt (Master Sergeant) Richard E. Pegram talks and waves his hand. A Montagnard man with a basket strapped to his back walks away. A hut burns. A Montagnard man stands near the smoldering hut as soldiers swarm in the background. The strike force leaves the village and continues with the patrol.
Vietnamese troops of Camp Plei Mrong Strike Force search for Vietnamese Montagnard Cong soldiers in a Vietnamese jungle during the Vietnam War. Troops arrive at a village. An old woman and a young woman look out of a hut. An infant stands outside the entrance. U.S. SFC (Sergeant First Class) Henry Corvera and some of the men prepare to spend the night in the village. They stand and walk about. Men start to set up their shelters. A woman at a hut. Troops start to move out in the early morning. They move in a single file across an open field. The troops pass through another village. The patrol crosses a rice paddy. Few farmers are working.
A dramatization shows the survival of a downed U.S. pilot in a Vietnamese jungle during the Vietnam War. Heavy monsoon rain falling in the jungle. The pilot uses large leaves as a poncho. He picks up a folded leaf that has rain in it and takes a drink of water. He pours some water on his face. The pilot then wipes his face. The pilot in dense undergrowth cutting and moving several of very large leaves in the area. Mud on the face of the pilot to keep away mosquitoes and other insects. He removes his boots. The pilot prepares to go to bed for the night. He wraps the bark from a tree around his wounded leg and secures it to avoid infection.
A dramatization shows survival of a downed U.S. pilot in a Vietnamese jungle during the Vietnam War. The pilot mixes and applies mud to his face. The pilot turning mud in his hand. He applies soft mud on his face and neck to keep away mosquitoes and other insects. The pilot cuts out hearts of palm and eats. He holds a bamboo stick and moves through tall grass and brush.