United States Army's 1st Air Cavalry Division Conducts Massive Air Assault, South Vietnam Part 1

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TMENT OF NEWSFILM RELEASE OFFICE OF ASSISTANT SECRETARY OF DEFENSE (PUBLIC AFFAIRS) AMERICAN WASHINGTON, D.C. - 20301 TED STATES OF PLEASE NOTE DATE IMMEDIATE RELEASE October 20, 1967 OXford 75111 Number 317-67 Footage: 137. 16mm Color Master Room 2E 771 Time: 3:48 U. S. ARMY'S 1st AIR CAVALRY DIVISION CONDUCTS MASSIVE AIR ASSAULT IN SOUTH VIETNAM (Official U. S. Army Film Released by the Department of Defense) During a recent operation, units of the U. S. Army's 1st Air Cavalry Division, based at An Khe, South Vietnam, conducted a massive air assault on positions near the South China Sea. Considerable coordination is involved in employing the air mobility concept, including the use of artillery, observation helicopters, UH-1 "Huey" "Gun Ships" armed with rockets and machine guns, and CH-47 "Chinook" and "Huey" "Slick Ship" unarmed, troop-carrying helicopters. Troops board "Huey" helicopters bound for the battle area. Aerial rocket artillery softens up landing zones (LZ) where the troop-carrying helicopters will unload their passengers. "Huey" "Gun Ships", fly with the troop carrying "Slick Ships" to provide pro- tection and serve as a form of aerial artillery. CH-47 "Chinook" twin-rotor choppers, which also carry airborne cavalrymen, fly in formation with the "Hueys". The "Chinooks", often called the workhorse of the infantry, are heavy cargo helicopters used primarily in resupply operations. For this mission, they carry soldiers. After the landing zones have been saturated with aerial rockets from the "Gun Ships", the helicopters land, off-load troops, and depart rapidly. Some of the choppers land on a small plateau, others on a hilltop beside the ocean, and others on the beach itself. The soldiers quickly move out from the helicopters into positions around the landing zone to defend it in case of enemy opposition in the operation. - MORE - NOTE TO EDITORS: PLEASE CREDIT DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE IN TITLE OR COMMENTARY This motion film released to DOD pool member designated is for duplication and distri- bution to interested TV and newsreel pool members. It is to be forwarded within 72 hours to: Army Motion Picture Depository, Army Pictorial Center, 35-11 35th Ave., Long Island, N.Y. 11106, telephone 937-0600. This agency will deliver a duplicating master to Deluxe Laboratories, 850 Tenth Ave., New York City, telephone Circle 73220, where it will be available to non-pool members and other authorized agencies which make satisfactory financial arrangements with Deluxe Laboratories. The original release film must not be cut in any manner.

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Records of the Office of the Chief Signal Officer

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Filmed News Releases