1st Air Cavalry Division Soldiers Search Coastal Area And Caves For Viet Cong, Vietnam

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OF STREET NEWSFILM RELEASE OFFICE OF ASSISTANT SECRETARY OF DEFENSE (PUBLIC AFFAIRS) WASHINGTON, D.C. - 20301 ITED STATES OF PLEASE NOTE DATE IMMEDIATE RELEASE January 4, 1967 OXford 75111 Number 2-67 Footage: 115' 16mm Color Master Room 2E 771 1ST AIR CAVALRY DIVISION SOLDIERS SEARCH COASTAL AREA AND CAVES FOR VIET CONG (Official U. S. Army film released by Department of Defense) This is a desolate area along the shoreline of the South China Sea where soldiers of the U. S. 1st Air Cavalry Division were airlifted to search out caves and other underground locations used by the Viet Cong to store supplies and equipment. When this search was conducted, the tide was out. This afforded the opportunity to search areas along the shoreline not previously checked out. A Vietnamese interpreter, who accompanied the 1st Air Cavalry soldiers on the search, uses a portable loudspeaker to talk into the caves to persuade any hiding Viet Cong to come out and surrender. Meanwhile, a U. S. Navy patrol boat is patrolling in nearby waters to report locations of any Viet Cong observed from the boat. This search resulted in the capture of more than 50 Viet Cong suspects. Here, a huge CH-47 Chinook helicopter comes in to pick up the suspects, and a med-evac helicopter lands to pick up a Viet Cong who hurt his leg climbing up the slippery rocks to the helicopter landing area. Sequences show: (a) View of coastal area (b) Various views of men searching rocky area along coast (c) Interpreter using loudspeaker talking into caves (a) Navy boat patrolling offshore (e) Viet Cong suspects captured (f) Suspects climbing slippery rocks to landing zone (g) Men searching areas using mine detectors (h) Chinook helicopter landing (i) Med-evad helicopter landing (j) Suspects loading aboard helicopter (k) Helicopter taking off NOTE TO EDITORS: 115' 16mm color master released to NBC-TV for servicing TV and theatrical pool members. Color master to be forwarded to Army Pictorial Center, 35-11 35th Avenue, Long Island City, New York 11106, within 72 hours. - over -

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Records of the Office of the Chief Signal Officer

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Filmed News Releases