RAIDER COMPANIES (SPECIAL ACTIVITIES GROUP X CORPS) ATTACK ON GUERRILLAS Part 2

Description

Summary: Loading and firing an 8lmm mortar. Three Koreans at mortar. CU, Korean dropping shell in mortar; piece firing. LS, old fortress. Col Hanes, Maj Tong Gullpai and SAG Bn officers look over old fort. The Col firing rifle through opening in fort. Two soldiers firing rifles from foxhole. MCU, from behind rifleman as he fires. MS, of the two men leaning against wall of dugout; they fire rifles. Two men sit back to reload. A platoon of ROKs, Special Attack Bn waiting outside of bldg, getting ready to move out. CUs, some of the men, then a US soldier pointing out something to a Korean; others look on and smile. Soldiers around a 60mm mortar - no firing. US halftrack which hit a land mine is over on its side. Two officers looking at vehicle. MS, US soldiers loading rocket into a 3.5 bazooka. Col Hanes checking packs of ROK platoon. CU of patch on sleeve "SAG". Col Hanes checking pack equipment as his officers stand about; picks up various articles: gun, pair of gloves. Koreans placing Maj William G White, sr adviser, who has been wounded, on litter attached to a helicopter. There are also US soldiers in this seq. The litter-bearing helicopter lifting off ground and flying away over the partly snow-covered mountains. (Note: The object of this raid is to clean out a pocket of an estimated 1500 guerrillas.)

Collection

Records of the Office of the Chief Signal Officer

Series

Moving Images Relating to Military Activities