keywords: vietnam war, big red one 1st infantry, m-60 lmg, huey uh-1d, m-48 tank, m-113 armored personel carrier
Synopsis: Soldier of The Big Red One, 1st Infantry Division, with M-60 MG on his shoulder crossing field. The area is clouded with dust. UH-1Ds fly off and the dust clears. Soldiers kneeling in field. UH-1D flies over. Soldiers rush off copter through cloud of dust. Copter takes off. Officer speaks over radio. Soldiers walk past hut. Soldier with M-60 machine gun crosses dried rice paddy. Body of dead Viet Cong and Viet Cong bunkers... (read more)
Soldiers walk between trees on rubber plantation. Officer speaks over radio. Officers and soldiers check their position on maps Soldiers follow M-113 (Armored Personnel Carrier) and an M-48 tank. The armor knocks over trees as they advance. M-48 tank among trees. M-48 moves forward knocking over rubber trees.
M-113 and soldiers on foot crossing plantation. Officer talks over radio; looks at map. M-48 tank in field. Pan to M-113 and soldiers. Soldier resting. M-113s and soldiers approach tree line. Soldier throws hand grenade into bunker. He runs for cover and the grenade explodes. Soldier checks destroyed bunker. M-113s and soldiers crossing plantation. M-113 knocks over tall tree.
Bunkers and tunnels at tree line. Burned body of Vietcong. Soldier examines captured weapons and other items. Dead Vietcong half-buried in bunker. Body of dead Vietcong. Burned out tree line with bunkers. Soldiers cross field and enter heavy underbrush. M-113s and M-48 cross open field. Soldiers follow the armor. M-48 tank moves into dense brush. M- 113s in brush; soldiers follow. soldiers come out of underbrush and start across clearing. Shot from atop M-48 as it moves through brush. M-113 crosses ditch. M-113s making their way over dikes; soldiers follow. Soldier at .50 cal MG atop M-48. M-113s climb over dike.
Soldiers fill canteens from 5-gal can. Sweaty soldiers wipe their faces with paper towels. Soldiers cross field. CU, helmet of soldier with words: "USA I Love You". Long line of UH-1D helicopters with rotors turning. Soldiers inside one of the copters. Helicopters take off one at a time and fly past. Air-to-air. Copter laying smoke screen over landing area. UH-1Ds land in tall grass. Copters fly off. soldiers in tall grass near hovering UH-1D.
Soldiers walk between trees on rubber plantation. soldiers cross road. Soldiers take cover in brush on outskirts of village of Ap Loc Thanh. Soldiers cross field and approach village. Vietnamese women and children grouped together. Vietnamese National Policemen stand guard. ID cards are checked. American officer interrogates civilian. American soldier on guard in village. Damaged houses. Trench outside village. soldiers search in village. Theater. American soldiers bring in Vietcong suspects. Villagers grouped together. 1st Infantry Div, The Big Red One.