EASTER SERVICES (101ST ABN DIV); ETC Part 1

Description

Summary: Approx. 500': Catholic Easter services being held under prayer chute (a large camouflaged parachute) at Camp Eagle Church flags flying over parachute. 101st Airborne Division band playing hymn. Major James Peterman, Catholic chaplain, and soldiers praying. Chaplain peterman gives communion to the troops. CU, hands playing organ. Chaplain delivering sermon. Soldiers leaving after services. VS, soldier getting haircut. VS, soldier shaving. Captain Robert Gushwa, protestant chaplain, conducts outdoor service for small group of men outside village. VS, chaplain and soldiers praying. Chaplain Gushwa conducting service at Outpost Satan atop mountain; 105mm How is seen in some scenes. VS, chaplain giving communion to soldiers. Chaplain Gushwa shakes hands with soldiers as he collects prayer booklets. ARVN AIRBORNE REPEL VIETCONG ATTACK.: Saigon, South Vietnam: 05/07/1968: Approx. 400': Refugees carrying their belongings in street as they evacuate their homes. ARVN soldiers at roadblock examine refugees be longings. Explosions and smoke rising from A1-E an attack. ARVN soldiers take cover behind tombstones in cemetery. Smoke and explosions from airstrike. Gravestones and houses in fg. ARVN soldier prepares to cook his rice ration in street. Helicopters attack enemy positions with min-guns and rockets. ARVN soldiers move out of cemetery, cross field and approach houses. ARVN soldiers walk through damaged street. ARVN soldiers fire M-16 rifles from behind cover of buildings. Soldier fires M-60 MG. ARVN throws hand grenade, another fires M-16 rifle while under cover. ARVNs fire M-79 grenade launchers. Soldier speaks over radio. ARVN soldiers move from house-to-house. Burning rubble. ARVN soldier in fg. ARVN soldier runs towards burning hut. He fires his M-16 rifle. American officer fires M-16 rifle. Vietnamese soldiers in wrecked cemetery. They fire M-79s and M-16 rifles into burning rubble. LS, smoke and explosions from airstrike. Tombstones of cemetery in fg.

Collection

Records of the Office of the Chief Signal Officer

Series

Motion Picture Films from the Army Library Copy Collection