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This clip is Part 1 of a 3-part film.
COMBAT OPERATIONS (1ST BN, 12TH CAV, 1ST AIR CAV DIV) Part 1
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Summary: LS, pan, helicopters spread out over field at Ankhe. VS, CH-47s and UH-1Ds land and take off. Air-to-air, UH- 1Ds in flight. UH-1Ds land. Soldiers board the copters and they take off. Soldiers with M-16 rifles walk thru elephant grass. Soldier examines long punji stake. CU, tip of stake smeared with feces. Soldiers continue through the tall grass. Soldiers resting. UH-1D (TOC helicopter) lands in clearing. Officer gets off and checks map with another officer. TOC copter takes off. Officer speaks over AN/PRC-25 radio. UH-1Ds take off from dense brush. Soldiers use machetes to clear trees from copter landing area. UH-1D lands. Water and rations are unloaded. The copter takes off. Soldiers on alert in defensive positions of perimeter. The weapons noted are M-16 rifles and M-79 grenade launcher.
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Records of the Office of the Chief Signal Officer
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Motion Picture Films from the Army Library Copy Collection
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