25th Infantry Division Mechanized Unit Smash Viet Cong Defensive Position, 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 Number 80-66 Footage: 100' 16m Color Master DUPE NEGATIVE TO: April 27, 1966 FINE GRAIN TO; 25TH INFANTRY DIVISION MECHANIZED UNIT SMASH VIET CONG DEFENSIVE POSITION (Official U. S. Army film released by Department of Defense) A mechanised unit of the 25th Infantry Division conducts 8 search and destroy mission near the Michlin Rubber Plantation during Operation KABUKU Infantrymen, accompanied by Armored Personnel Carriers (APCs) and tanks, moved into the area after receiving reports from captured Viet Cong during a previous operation, that a Viet Cong unit of platoon size or larger was in the vicinity This film shows vehicles of the mechanised unit moving over open fields and through wooded areas enroute to the suspected Viet Cong stronghold when the Viet Cong open fire on the U. S. troops with automatic weapons, hand grenades, rifle grenades and nortar rounds. After moving into defensive positions to return the fire, the mechanized unit split forces and used a three-prong attack to overrun the Viet Cong position, with one platoon returning the fire and the second and third platoons closing in from left and right flank positions. A thorough search of the Viet Cong camp uncovered numerous tunnels and covered trenches which had been used by the Viet Cong to stage the fire fight In addition, the U. S. troops found 2 sub machine guns, 2 Browning Automatic Rifles, 1 machine gun mount, 29 hand grenades, 21 rifle grenades, 7 booby traps, 1 anti-tenk gun, 1500 rounds of small area ammition, 1 medical kit, 4 bicycles, and 25 sets of clothing and individual rations of rice and dried fish. Sequences show: (a) APCs and tanks moving across grassy field (b) Vehicles advancing through wooded area (c) Viet Cong open fire, vehicles return fire (d) Soldiers patroling area (e) Hut burning (f) Soldiers probing tunnels for Viet Cong, veapons and supplies (g) Views of Viet Cong weapons and supplies captured Typed 1/26/6700 EDITORS: 100' color master released to Telenews for servicing IV NOTE TO EDITORS: PLEASE CREDIT DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE IN TITLE OR COMMENTARY Pictorial The fine Brain 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

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Records of the Office of the Chief Signal Officer

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Filmed News Releases