173D AIRBORNE BRIGADE COMBAT OPERATION; ETC Part 3

Description

Summary: Three rifle companies of the 1st Bn, 173rd ABn Bde, conducted an airmobile tactical exercise. Helicopters of the 82nd Aviation Bn deployed the men. Recon platoons of the 1st Bn, 503 Inf, provided road security. The 319th Arty Bn and an 8lmm mortar platoon of the 1st Bn, 503rd Inf, provided support fire. Soldiers in field adjust equipment in preparation for the operation. MST soldier with pack radio and holding an M-l6 rifle. MS, .50 cal~MG on tripod. Soldier rests on ground nearby. VS, groups of soldiers and maps on field. Soldiers load into trucks. At airfield, soldiers unload from trucks and board UH-1D copters. MSs, CUs, Negro soldiers apply charcoal to their faces. Others with charcoal on their faces. MS, group of soldiers. A man drinks juice from a can, another cleans an M-79 grenade launcher. Officer briefs platoon leaders. Capt Raymond E Marshall speaks to Viet Lt. UH-ls fly off (after discharging soldiers on field). Soldiers run across field. Soldiers set up an M-60 MG in underbrush. Squad leader positions soldiers by hand signals. MS, soldier with an M-16 rifle at the ready by tree. MS, Negro soldier lying on the ground loads an M-79 grenade launcher. Other soldiers in defensive positions. ELS, UH-ls land and take off. Capt Marshall and Viet officer interrogate a Vietcong prisoner in jungle. NOTE: All Americans wear the 173d shoulder patch. Excellent coverage. l73d AIRBORNE BRIGADE COMBAT OPERATION.: Near Vung Tau, South Vietnam: 05/26-27/1965: 35mm: color: si.: 601': Summary: Other American soldiers stand by. CU, Vietcong. MS, Capt Marshall and Viet officer. MS, soldiers eat tinned rations. Soldiers move into jungle village. Soldier looks into hut with his M-l6 rifle at the ready. Soldier moves thru narrow jungle trail. Frightened Vietcong with hands over his head. A soldier S searches him. Viet officer questions the prisoner. Soldiers bend under a fallen tree as they move thru dense jungle. One soldier is a Negro. NOTE: All Americans wear the l73d shoulder patch. Excellent coverage.

Collection

Records of the Office of the Chief Signal Officer

Series

Motion Picture Films from the Army Library Copy Collection