A signboard '605th Transportation Company (ADS) Headquarters' and the names of commanding officer and first sergeant written below it. A soldiers in black cap stands near a signboard written 'Airborne, 11th Aviation Bn Pathfinder Det'. The black cap adopted by men of this battalion. Two soldiers at an airbase wearing black caps check sling riggings on 105 mm Howitzer waiting to be airlifted. Soldier fastens strap belts of material to be airlifted. Soldiers in black caps stand and discuss with helicopter pilots. A wireless telephone set at the back of a soldier. A helicopter gets ready for an airlift. (Vietnam War period).
Opening scene shows closeup of a member of the U.S. Army First Infantry Division Long Range Reconnaissance Patrol unit (LRRP) wearing a black beret with parachutist's badge. In background,LRRP members watch as an instructor demonstrates how to field strip a Soviet AK-47 assault rifle. Scene shifts to viewpoint of soldiers watching the instructor. Tents are seen in the background. Closeups of instructor show master parachutist badge on his black beret. Scene shifts again to a large sign containing a large painted logo with a picture of a Vietcong in the center, surrounded by images of black berets. The combat infantryman badge is shown at the top and 1st Infantry Division and MACV recondo badges appear at opposite sides of the sign. (Note: LRRP Units were Airborne, Special Forces. The LRRP Unit of the 1st Infantry Division, shown in these scenes, on January 1st, was, at that time, designated: Company F of the 52nd Infantry Regiment.) (Vietnam War period).
An aircraft flies over tress as it prepares to land at Tom le Chom airstrip in Vietnam. Broken branches of trees lie on the ground as the plane approaches the airstrip. Plane lands using at an airstrip filled with water puddles and runs over it.
The ship's band plays during underway replenishment (unrep) of USS Constellation (CVA-64) by USS Pollux (AKS-4) at Yankee Station, Gulf of Tonkin, Vietnam. A crewman in dungarees directs the band. Brass drum with a picture painted on the side. Band members play their musical instruments. Band made of various crewmen on the ship. USS Pollux in view. Tail of an aircraft. The musicians view the sheet music in front of them while playing.
Bomb handling aboard USS Constellation (CVA-64) in Gulf of Tonkin, Vietnam. Ordnance man wheeling Snakeye bombs on a cart. Aviation Ordnance men push the bombs under the wing of A-4C aircraft. Men unscrew a pressure screw on side of bomb rack. Two Snakeye bombs wheeled under the pylon of A-4C. Snakeye bombs lifted up to the pylon. Bombs hooked up to the rack. Aviation Ordnance men lifts a bomb. Three bombs secured to the pylon. A man unscrews a heavy rod from nose of a bomb. A man prepares a fuse for insertion into nose of bomb. Aviation Ordnance men work with bombs. A cart carrying bomb fuses wheeled on the flight deck. A man picks up a wire and a fuse and inserts in nose of bomb. Man works with safety wires. Snakeye bombs lifted up to the pylon. Fuses are screwed in. Men wearing red shirts sit on bombs in carts.
Bomb handled aboard USS Constellation (CVA-64) at Gulf of Tonkin, Vietnam. A-6A aircraft moves on the catapult. Snakeye bombs aboard A-6 aircraft. Plane Director gives hand signals. A-6A loaded with bombs on catapult. Man in green shirt. Another A-6A aircraft loaded with bombs on catapult. Aircraft catted off the deck. Men wearing yellow shirts. A-4C aircraft on catapult. Cockpit area of A-6A. Pilot in cockpit. Men dressed in blue and green shirts. A-4C aircraft on catapult track. Catapult officer gives launch signal. Plane launched. Men wearing yellow shirts and green shirts. A-4C aircraft loaded with Snakeye bombs in flight.