ACTIVITIES OF THE 1ST INF DIV Part 5

Description

Summary: Vietnamese farmer leading soldiers towards village. Soldiers of ambush platoon and tracker team resting in field while waiting for helicopters. Smoke from signal grenade. UH-1Ds coming in for landing. Shot from helicopter as it takes off. VS, medics treating two wounded Vietcong. Soldier calling into hole (tunnel). Travel shots of line of M-113s crossing field. Smoke from signal grenade. OH-13 helicopter lands. An officer boards the helicopter. LSs, M-113s and an M-48 tank with soldiers atop stopped in field. VS, BG Emil P. Eschenburg talking with Colonel Earl T. Acuff and other officers. Soldier crawls head-first into vertical tunnel in ground. He hands items up to soldiers. Colonel Acuff looks into tunnel. UH-1D land raising clouds of dust. Colonel Acuff and interpreter get off the helicopter and walk to area where two wounded Vietcong are being held. Interpreter questions the prisoners as Colonel Acuff looks on. Interpreter talks with Colonel Acuff. Soldiers atop M-113 under way. CU, tracker dog. Soldiers of patrol resting. CU, shoulder patch "Combat Tracker Team" and 1st Infantry Division insignia. Patrol and dog move out. VS, soldiers follow dog through brush. Soldiers resting. Patrol moves out.

Collection

Records of the Office of the Chief Signal Officer

Series

Motion Picture Films from the Army Library Copy Collection