U.S. 3rd Brigade, 82nd Airborne Division operations at Phu Bai Combat Base near Hue, Vietnam. Jeeps travel on a road leading to airport at Phu Bai. Civilian and army vehicles move on the road. Entrance to Camp Holmes. Camp Holmes sign. (Vietnam War period).
U.S. 82nd Airborne Division operations at Phu Bai Combat Base near Hue, Vietnam. Army jeep and other vehicle travel on a road near Phu Bai Combat Base. Rough terrain. (Vietnam War period).
Covers TET observance program by VNAF (Viet Nam Air Force) 33rd Wing and USAF (United States Air Force) Advisory Team No.1 at Tan Son Nhut School in Saigon, Vietnam. A sign reads 'AFAT-1 TET CARNIVAL'. A Vietnamese girl sings at a stage show. Vietnamese children look on. USAF and VANF officers seated. A magician puts on an act. (Vietnam War period).
Covers TET observance program by USAF (United States Air Force) Advisory Team No.1 at Tan Son Nhut School in Saigon, Vietnam. Children go through a line to receive gifts on their way out of a carnival. A Vietnamese girl and USAF personnel distribute gift packets. The Director of Civic Action Major Louis Llera passes out the presents. A banner at entrance reads 'AFAT-1 TET CARNIVAL'. (Vietnam War period).
View from a U.S. Marine bunker as enemy shell explodes nearby, during the siege of Khe Sanh in 1968 during the Vietnam War. The United States Marines in the Battle of Khe Sanh firing mortars and a 105mm howitzer from their bunker. Enemy shells exploding on the tarmac, where American Air Force C-130 aircraft are parked. Marines rushing wounded comrades on stretchers, to C-130s for evacuation. Scene shifts to U.S. Marine Corps Lieutenant Colonel James P. Sheehan, standing at Camp Pendleton, California. (He was a company commander in the siege at Khe Sanh.) As he describes the C-130 aircraft support operations, a contingent of marines marches past, behind him. Scene shifts to a civilian narrator standing in the Military Airlift Command (MAC) Headquarters Command Center at Scott Air Force Base, Illinois. Among other things, he describes MAC support to the Tactical Air Command in Korea. Camera focuses on MAC air routes in the vicinity of the Philippines, Japan, and Korea. Next, is seen view of airfield at Mountain Home Air Force Base, Idaho, briefly at sunset, and then at night, as pilots of the 366th Tactical Fighter Wing and their F-111 aircraft prepare to depart for Korea, in response to border tensions, in August, 1976, after North Korean forces killed two American officers ("Korean Axe Murder Incident" and resulting "Operation Paul Bunyan"). Ground crewman directs a taxiing F-111 using lighted wands. The F-111s takes off. One of them is seen landing after the 7 thousand mile flight to Korea, as Major Paul Malandrino,Jr. (unseen) of the 366th Wing, speaks about MAC's airlift support. A C-141 MAC aircraft is seen landing. View of a C-141 with tail doors open and its cargo of military equipment on the ramp behind it. Glimpse of a marine with rifle and earphones, guarding equipment on the airfield ramp. Closeups of F-111 aircraft taking off.
Sammy Davis Jr. and USO troupe entertain sailors aboard the USS Hancock, during her 7th Vietnam Cruise, in 1972. Opening scene shows sailors assembled on Hangar deck of the Aircraft Carrier, USS Hancock (CVA-19). Several parked aircraft are seen. Sailors listen as Davis speaks. Then an announcer asks if they should make the entertainers stay over a day. All shout and applaud in agreement. Distant view of the entertainers on a stage. A sailor (announcer) on stage, comments on the enthusiam of the audience. View from behind sailors standing on improvised platforms at rear of the space. Other random views of sailors in audience. Another distant view of the stage. Random closeups of audience members standing in various locations. Some are perched on hangar equipment. Finally, the camera shows Sammy Davis Jr. onstage with dancers moving behind him rhythmically, as he speaks. He expresses appreciation to the officers and USO officials who made their visit and show possible.