Fuel For Da Nang Air Base, Vietnam

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DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE OFFICE OF NEWS SERVICES THE PENTAGON, WASHINGTON, D. C. 20301 - LIBERTY 5-6700 AUDIO-VISUAL DIVISION - RADI0-TV-NEWSFILM BRANCH ROOM 2E765 - EXTENSION 75111 DUPE NEGATIVE TO: Release No. 5-66 FINE GRAIN TO; Footage: 125' 16mm Color Master January 10, 1966 FUEL FOR DANANO AIR BASE (Official U. S. Air Force footage released by Department of Defense) The U. S. Air Force POL (Petroleum, 011, Lubricants) squadron at Danang Air Base, Republic of Vietnan, has many hardships to endure in the course of accomplishing its mission, keeping a steady flow of petroleum products available for various aircraft operating from the air base. Permanent pipelines to the air base from the commercial storage tanks located in the town of Danang are limited in capacity. Thus, pipe must be laid by hand through rice paddies, swamps, small streams, and along roads, the complete five miles from the town to the base. Constant inspection of the pipeline is necessary to insure it is not cut or damaged by the Viet Cong. The bulk of the fuel is purchased from commercial company storage tanks at Danang. Used on occasion is e. pipeline running from Red Beach, maintained by the U. S. Marine Corps. Prior to pumping the fuel to the base, it is tested to determine if it meets Air Force standards Once the fuel has been approved, it is pumped the five miles to the base storage area where it is stored in steel storage tanks, and in large plastic bags which expand as the fuel is added. The refueling trucks obtain the fuel from the storage area for final delivery to the various aircraft. Sequences show: (a) CU of POL squadron insignia (b) View of fuel line and storage tanks (c) Men laying pipeline through streams, swamps, high grasses, under barbed wire fenses, and along highway to air base (a) Hooking up line at air base (e) Various views of completed pipeline from base to Danang (f) Fuel pumped into storage tanks and plastic bags (R) Fuel truck filling up NOTE TO EDITORS: PLEASE CREDIT DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE IN TITLE OR COMMENTARY The fine grain master positive, released to the company designated above, is for duplication and distribution to interested TV and Newsreel pool members. It is then to be returned within 72 hours to the Film Library, Army Pictorial Center, 35-11 35th Avenue, Long Island City 1, New York. The master positive must not be cut in any manner. A dupe negative is also for release to the company designated above for distribution to pool members so desiring for duplication purposes. within 24 hours it will be delivered to DeLuxe Laboratories, 850 Tenth Avenue, New York, N. Y., telephone Circle 7-3220 where it will be avail- able to non-pool members and other authorized organizations which make satisfactory financial arrangements with DeLuxe Laboratories. The dupe negative must not be cut in any manner. D23413

Collection

Records of the Office of the Chief Signal Officer

Series

Filmed News Releases