United States Army soldiers and howitzer are seen at Fire Support Base (FSB) Normandy. Purple smoke appears as a signal grenade fires. A U.S. Army 101st Airborne CH-54 helicopter delivers a howitzer at the base and flies away. Soldiers watch an approaching CH-47 with supplies in its sling. It delivers the supplies and flies away. (Vietnam War period).
USS Carronade (IFS-1) during Vietnam War. Twin barrels of a 40 mm gun highlighted against the sky. View of gun mount and barrels -- likely mount 41, just aft of the 5" 38cal and one deck up. (There was another 40mm gun at mount 42, on the fantail.)
USS Carronade (IFS-1) providing Inshore fire support during Vietnam War. Views of shoreline from the ship. Rockets fired from the Carronade land on shore and in the surf. Fire Control Technicians, in battle gear, look over charts. One uses pair of compasses to measure, and speaks over radio. Sailors use hose to water down 5 inch rocket shell that misfired and rolled onto the deck. A Sailor throws the dud over the side of the ship into the water.
A U.S. Army advisor holding an M2 carbine with enlarged 30-round magazine, as he trains South Vietnamese soldiers, seated nearby. Closeup of several American advisers, all displaying parachutist badges on their caps. An advisor going over a map with a South Vietnamese soldier, in the field. View of ARVN (Army of Republic of Vietnam) soldiers slogging through jungles, carrying weapons and gear. ARVN troops firing weapons as they cross field of tall grass. A Viet cong (VC) in black outfit with white conical hat, seen running. Troops running under heavy small arms fire. ARVN escorting captured VC, under guard. They have their arms tied back. Vietnamese tribesmen who were impressed into VC service, are seen, momentarily, seated on the ground. A medical clinic staffed by U.S medical personnel is seen treating local citizens, who form a line waiting to be seen.
A dramatization shows the survival of a downed U.S. pilot in a Vietnamese jungle during the Vietnam War. The pilot crouches next to a tree and sharpens his knife with a flat stone. He hides in the jungle growth and keeps an eye out for Vietcong soldiers. He drinks water from a piece of bamboo and uses some water to wash his face. The pilot advances through a wooded area. A parachute descends.
U.S. Air Force CH-3E helicopters carrying U.S. 20th Helicopter Squadron personnel and Montagnard troops over a Vietnamese jungle during the Vietnam War. Interiors of an CH-3E in flight shows paratroopers getting ready for jump. U.S. Jump master alerts several Montagnard paratroopers. He checks over one who leans out of the open door and after a moment, jumps. One of the U.S. crew retrieves a line from outside the helicopter. The U.S. Jump master and one more Monagnard jump from the helicopter. Crew members on board express satisfaction with the mission.
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