COMPANY, 1/5 CAV, 1ST AIR CAV DIV ON PATROL FIRE SUPPORT BASE MACE Part 1

Description

Summary: CU, large metal container which dispersed small bomblets when dropped from aircraft is discovered by soldiers en route from night defensive position in jungle. VS, soldiers searching for enemy in dense jungle. LS, soldiers set up automatic ambush using Claymore mines. CU, Claymore mine in jungle. LS, soldiers discover a NVA bunker and set it on fire. MS, soldiers check hootches in jungle and set them on fire. LS, UH-1D coming in for landing and taking off. MS, soldiers receive mail in jungle. (Mail Call) MS, two officers check map spread out on ground in jungle. LS, UH-1Ds land at smoke signal area, soldiers embark and copters take off. CUs, soldiers shampooing hair in jungle. LS, soldiers using machetes to chop down trees and brush to clear area for landing zone. LS, UH-1Ds coming in for landing, troops embarking and the copters take off. Air to air, troops on board copters in flight. AV, jungle. MS, soldiers disembarking at new landing zone in jungle and UH-1Ds taking off.

Collection

Records of the Office of the Chief Signal Officer

Series

Motion Picture Films from the Army Library Copy Collection