"ACTION VIETNAM"
U.S. ADVISORS BUILD CLOSE-KNIT RELATIONSHIPS WITH
THE VIETNAMESE ARMY MEN. REENACTMENT TELLS STORY
OF ONE OF THESE MEN.

AERIAL- VIETNAMESE VILLAGES, FLOODED RICE PADDIES
AND HAMLETS IN MOUNTAIN COUNTRY. PAN

MS- PAN OF THE GRIM FACED VIETNAMESE VILLAGERS AND
CHILDREN

MS- VIET GI TAPS HIS BUDDY ON HIS HELMET SIGNALING
HIM TO FIRE HIS BAZOOKA. LS- THE SHELL EXPLODES IN
THE DISTANT HILLS

MONTAGE- SOLDIERS PATROL THE STREETS CROWDED WITH
BUS AND BICYCLE TRAFFIC.

MS- FEET OF RUNNING VILLAGERS WITH CHILDREN.

MS- HAMMER AND SICKLE SUPERIMPOSED ON MAP OF
VIETNAM, THAILAND AND CAMBODIA SIGNIFYING THE
COMMUNISTS AIMS.

MS- A U. S. OFFICER ROUGHLY GRABS RIFLE OUT OF
HAND OF VIETNAMESE SOLDIER. HE INSPECTS IT AND
GIVES IT BACK.

MONTAGE- SOLDIERS FEET WALKING IN THICK JUNGLE
FOLIAGE, VIETNAMESE SOLDIERS ENTERING A VILLAGE,
SPECIAL FORCES GIS WADE THROUGH WAIST DEEP WATERS
OF JUNGLE STREAM, & ATTACKING A VIET CONG VILLAGE
RECENTLY ABANDONED.

MS- GIS JUMP INTO WET RICE PADDY FROM A HOVERING
HELICOPTER INCHES OFF THE GROUND. THE MEN ADVANCE
IN WAIST DEEP WATER AS THE RICE STALKS MOVE FROM
THE WIND CAUSED BY THE ROTORS.

MS- MAN LIFTS TO BUCKETS LADEN WITH VEGETABLES
ONTO HIS SHOULDER WITH A BALANCING POLE AND
BRISKLY WALKS AWAY.

MS- GI HANDS THE SUSPICIOUS CHILDREN GOODIES. THEN
DOES THE SAME TO AN ADULT.

MONTAGE- THE VILLAGE MEN ASSIST IN BUILDING A
BRIDGE OVER A STREAM IN THE VILLAGE.

MS- SPRUILL WAVES TO A LITTLE GIRL RIDING AN OX
THROUGH SEVERAL FEET OF WATER, AS HE PASSES IN
HIS JEEP. SHE WAVES BACK

MS- CAPTAIN SPRUILL TAKES PLACE OF AN INSTRUCTOR
ALONGSIDE A VIETNAMESE GI ON THE RIFLE RANGE.

MS- CAPTAIN CARRIES CHILD TO WAITING HELICOPTER
AND RUSHES BACK TO VILLAGE TO INFORM MOTHER. THE
MOTHER AND VILLAGERS KNEEL BEFORE THE CAPTAIN AND
HOLD HIS HAND. REENACTMENT

LS- CAPTAIN JOINS VIETNAMESE SOLDIERS ON PATROL
IN JUNGLE. THEY GET INTO A FIRE FIGHT WITH THE
VIET CONG AND ONE OF THE SOLDIERS IS HIT AS HE
RUNS FORWARD.

MS- CAPTAIN SPRUILL IS QUICKLY APPROACHED BY HIS
VIETNAMESE SUBORDINATES WHEN HE EXITS HIS
QUARTERS. HE MINGLES WITH THEM IN A FRIENDLY CHAT.

MS- VIETNAMESE SOLDIERS, TRYING TO BE HELPFUL
BRING HAY TO SPRUIL SO HE COULD LAY DOWN IN
COMFORT. AS SPRUILL LAYS DOWN IN IT HE SMELL THE
STY WHERE THE HAY CAME FROM.