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VIETNAMESE SPECIAL FORCES CAMP Part 3

Description

Summary: AVs, Special Forces camp. Ditch around the outer perimeter of the camp lined with barbed wire. LS, yellow smoke signal. C-123 flies over, drops supplies by parachute. Drop is made on airstrip which is under construction. VSs, foxholes, mortar pits, and sandbagged fortifications. Viet soldiers gather supplies. American Special Forces advisers assist in the process. WP shells explode in field (to remove tree stumps). VS, Americans set charges to trees and stumps. AVs, outer perimeter of camp showing the Dong Nhi and Song Bay Rivers. VS, west wall of Camp Cai Cai showing its defense bunkers and "Strikers" living quarters. Viet flag flies from staff. LA, Viet in lookout tower. LS, main entrance to camp. VS, Vietnamese living quarters. Woman is seen preparing a meal. VS, camp area and lookout tower alongside stream. LS, Cai Cai outpost, across stream, used as an early warning camp.

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Collection

Records of the Office of the Chief Signal Officer

Series

Motion Picture Films from the Army Library Copy Collection

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Date
1966
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TRT
3:41