Interview with Peter Leyden (Frontline out takes)

Peter Leyden as a cameraman for the American Broadcasting Company (ABC) describes war zone camaraderie; military professionalism; his work in Australia and reasons for going to Vietnam; Australian involvement; no stories on the Australians when he was working for the Americans; apprehension towards helicopter maintenance by the Vietnamese; being under fire while in a spotter aircraft over Khe Sanh; among the first to film a B-52 bomber base in Thailand; describing the bombing up of a B-52; B-52 pilots' perspective; becoming divorced from reality by looking through camera's viewfinder; coping while witnessing human suffering; unedited war footage creating anti-war sentiment; his working conditions; United States (US) aid for the wounded; his position while on patrol; camaraderie in Vietnam, and ten years later; competition between US correspondents; relationship with his Vietnamese soundman; encountering North Vietnamese troops while wandering between US groups; moving camp at night time; lifestyle of correspondents in Saigon; US Embassy at the start of the Tet offensive; commuting from the comfort of a Saigon hotel to the war.