South Vietnamese Army soldiers in anti-guerilla warfare training and ranger commando training during the Vietnam war. Soldiers crawling under razor wire and firing machine guns and artillery. Tanks firing rounds. A ship on the move. Water from dam flows into canals and then into the fields. South Vietnamese farmers work on fields. Vietnam shown on a map with an arrow. Narrator speaks to virtues of the South Vietnamese people fighting for freedom against communist forces.
United States Army soldiers of First Infantry Division check a hut in a village during operation activities against Vietnam. A Vietnamese woman opens the door. Two children are seen with the woman. AVRN interpreter talks with suspect. A soldier talks on the radio. Soldiers walk on the narrow road along the canal. (Vietnam War period).
United States Army soldier of First Infantry Division exhumes contents from a raised grave crypt during operation activities in Vietnam. Soldiers move through jungle and bushes. Soldiers approach a hut. ARVN interpreter questions a suspect while United States soldiers look on. Soldiers move across the field. (Vietnam War period).
United States Army soldiers of First Infantry Division paint gates in green and build Church in Vietnam. Vietnamese children help the soldiers. Native woman seen wearing traditional conical hats. Officers nailing Cross on the roof of the Church. (Vietnam War period).
United States Arm 1st Infantry Division nicknamed 'Big Red One' arrives in Vietnam. Soldiers come off gangway from USNS Daniel I Sultan to Landing Craft Utility (LCU). LCU pulls away. LCU underway. LCU crowded with soldiers. LCU heads for the Sultan. (Vietnam War period).
A United States Air Force HH-53 helicopter test rescue operations in Vietnam. The crew boards the HH-53 helicopter and lifts off. The cockpit of the helicopter is seen along with its radar display. A cable is lowered to rescue a man during a simulated rescue operation. A crew member brings the rescued man into the helicopter. (Vietnam War period).