Sammy Davis Jr. on tour with a USO Troupe, entertaining American troops at Can Tho Army Airfield in Vietnam. A U.S. Army military policeman peeks through a curtain aside a stage, where Sammy Davis Jr. is performing as part of a USO tour entertaing troops during the Vietnam War. Davis stands onstage, backed by women dancers who move rhthmically as he speaks or sings into the microphone. Camera shifts to spot at back of large audience seated in a hangar at the base. Musicians and other members of USO troupe are seen onstage in distance. View of soldiers seated outside the hangar applauding the performances. View from behind audience. Sammy Davis Jr. seen onstage in distance. Soldiers watching from atop a raised platform, outside the hangar. Several views of audience clapping rhythmically to beat of music sung by performers. Some soldiers taking moving pictures of the event, from outside the hangar. Huge overflow crowd of soldiers watching from outside the hangar. Glimpse of Sammy Davis Jr. singing, accompanied by musicians. More audience shots.
Sammy Davis Jr. on tour with a USO Troupe, entertaining American troops in Long Binh, Vietnam. Large audience of American Army soldiers is seated outdoors to watch Sammy Davis Jr. who is performing as part of a USO tour entertaing troops during the Vietnam War. View of drummer playing onstage. Audience including man and woman in bright costumes contrasting with olive drab of soldiers. Soldiers reacting enthusiastically to woman performer as Davis sings (neither seen). View from rear of assembled troops, with stage in distance. Long shot of the dancer onstage. Closer view of Davis and musicians onstage. Closeup of a pet monkey seated with a soldier in the audience. Davis introduces the dancer (Diane Day) to applause, and dances with her. Davis singing onstage with several woman dancers. More views of the audience. Film continues as audio only beyond TC: 02:50 recording Sammy Davis Jr. singing.
The last U.S. ground units leave Vietnam during the Vietnam War. Columns of U.S. soldiers march to board an aircraft which will carry them to the United States. Troops wave to a crowd. A Vietnamese woman cries as she looks at the troops. U.S. sailors being greeted by their relatives and friends upon their arrival in the United States.
U.S. troops battle NVA (North Vietnamese Army) troops near Phu Bai fire base in Vietnam during the Vietnam War. U.S. soldiers of the 82nd Artillery load and fire 105mm howitzers. A solider loads rounds in a howitzer. The howitzer is fired. The soldiers remove 105 mm rounds from a supply bunker and carry them to the howitzers. Soldiers man the howitzers at the firebase in Phu Bai.
U.S. troops prepare to battle NVA (North Vietnamese Army) troops near Phu Bai fire base in Vietnam during the Vietnam War. A sign reads 'Task Force Lafayette'. U.S. 82nd Artillery welcome sign. Sandbagged bunkers at 82nd Artillery fire base. A soldiers looks through binoculars. Soldiers remove ammunition from a bunker. Rounds are prepared for howitzers.
U.S. troops prepare to battle NVA (North Vietnamese Army) troops near Phu Bai fire base in Vietnam during the Vietnam War. U.S. soldiers of 82nd Field Artillery Regiment throw rounds off a resupply truck. Shells stacked on the ground as they are unloaded from trucks. A soldier carries a shell to a howitzer. The soldier adjusts the fuse on the shell.