Summary: Members of the 2d Bn, 503rd Inf, 173rd Airborne Bde, supported by the 319th Artillery and E Troop, 17th Cavalry, launched the attack. Contact with the Vietcong was never made. Soldiers of the 3d Bn, 319th Artillery, emplace 105mm Howitzer in field (NG appears to be dirt on lens.) VS, soldiers of the 173d Abn Bde being served in outdoor mess line (Some men are Negro.) VS, soldiers seated on ground and eating from mess kits. Flatbed trailer trucks with M-56s, SP 9Omm antitank guns, (SPATs), drive to a stop. VS, M-56s drive off the trucks. VS, soldiers march past UH-1B helicopters on Bienhoa Airfield. LS, RV, UH-1Bs on field. MS, RV soldiers embark UH-1B. AV, UH-1B in flight. Shot thru windshield of airborne helicopter, flight of UH-1Bs. AV, UH- 1B. CU, pilot of airborne helicopter at controls, lip mike is in place. He adjusts sunglasses over his eyes. AV, UH-1B in flight. AVs, large number of UH-1Bs in flight. UH-1Bs arrive and land in assault area. Soldiers rush from helicopters and run across field. UH-1Bs take off over the men. VS, soldiers carrying their weapons walk thru heavy foliage and across grassy field. MCU, soldier speaks over radio. MCU, Sergeant on radio as he looks at map. MSs, soldiers fire 8lmm mortar. CUs, soldier takes mortar shells from casing: Puts tape on fins and places them on the ground. MS, soldiers walk thru tall grass. Soldiers wade across shallow stream.