ARTILLERY MAINTENANCE; ETC Part 1

Description

Summary: Approx. 400': Soldiers of the 35th Artillery perform preventive maintenance on M-109 SP 155 howitzer. CU, soldiers turn muzzle and remove it from barrel. Crew cleans and scrubs muzzle and barrel. CU, faces of crew as they work. Crew chief checks oil and transmission fluid sticks on M-109. He follows up with lubrication and battery inspection. WEAPONS CACHE AND EQUIPMENT.: A Shau Valley, South Vietnam: 04/22/1969: Approx. 400': Troops of the 502nd, 101st Airborne uncovered a cache of weapons and equipment hidden by the enemy. CU, soldiers put wheels and tires on stripped Soviet truck. CU, officers check captured medical supplies. Soldiers assemble supplies to be taken out. Pan on captured supplies. CU, radio sets, camouflaged dugout and truck. MS, CU, weapons piled up. CU, buried truck engine. LS, soldiers guard captured equipment. Pan over area where equipment was found.

Collection

Records of the Office of the Chief Signal Officer

Series

Motion Picture Films from the Army Library Copy Collection