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SEARCH AND DESTROY MISSION (3D BATTALION, 47TH INFANTRY, 9TH INFANTRY DIVISION) LONG AN PROVINCE, MEKING DELTA, SOUTH VIETNAM Part 2

Description

VS, soldiers crossing paddy. Soldiers in mud. Soldiers search hut. Soldier neck-deep in water crosses stream. Another soldier swims across. Soldiers hold rope as others use it to cross. Soldiers gather their gear and prepare to move out. VS, soldiers crossing stream in sampans. MSs, CUs, soldiers waiting to cross stream. Soldiers struggle up muddy embankment after getting off sampans. VS, soldiers waiting and resting by hut. Soldiers move into grove of dense palms. Soldiers crossing muddy paddy. Sgt checking men before they move out. VS, soldiers crossing a narrow wooden bridge over a stream. Soldiers cross muddy field and walk to hut. Vietnamese civilian stands near hut as soldier searches it. Soldiers in rice paddy. Water buffalo in bg. Soldiers cross paddy. Soldier leading a Vietcong suspect. Soldiers and suspect cross narrow wooden bridge. VS, soldiers resting. Vietcong suspect squatting on ground. CU, hands of soldier holding M-16 rifle which is resting on his lap. Soldiers cross narrow wooden bridge. Soldier walking across field carrying a 90mm RR. Soldiers walk on dike of paddy to hut. Soldiers struggling across muddy expanse.

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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
1967
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3:48