OPERATION BOLLING (1ST BATTALION, 503D INFANTRY, 173D AIRBORNE BRIGADE) TUYHOA, SOUTH VIETNAM Part 2

Description

Soldiers in grassy field. Soldiers setting up 81mm mortar. Soldiers heating cans of C-rations and eating. Soldiers resting in grass while they wait for copter pickup. LS, copter attacking hillside. (some edge fog) UH-1C strafes wooded area at base of mountains. Soldiers crossing rice paddy and starting up mountainside. Soldiers in dense brush. Officer points out defensive positions for a new base camp. VS, UH-1Ds land in grassy field. Soldiers board the copters as they take off. UH-1Ds land in barren field. Soldiers get off. Soldiers waiting in tall grass. Soldiers cross field and enter jungle. Soldier smokes cigarette as he rests. Soldiers crossing area that was cleared by the Vietcong. Soldier checks cave in boulders. Soldiers sitting on rocks. Soldiers walk thru cleared area and reenter the jungle. Soldiers cross grassy field. Soldiers aim, load, and fire 81mm mortar. Soldiers walking thru brush. Soldiers resting in jungle. Soldier speaks over radio. Soldiers walking on jungle path; cross open area. Soldier speaks over radio. Soldiers wade chest-deep across narrow canal. Soldiers check map. Soldiers enter jungle.

Collection

Records of the Office of the Chief Signal Officer

Series

Motion Picture Films from the Army Library Copy Collection