CHAPLAIN STORY, VIETNAM Reel 2 · Part 1

Description

Shows chaplains of different faiths conducting services, visiting hospitals, in consultation and at orphanage, outposts and Special Forces Camp. Reel 1: SLATE: ROLL: R30C-7X-841. 5': Scenes of a Rabbi holding services in Tan Son Nhut chapel for Jewish members of the Armed Forces on Yom Kippur. 97': SLATE: ROLL: R30C-7X-1110. 10': Shows Protestant worshipers leaving Tan Son Nhut chapel after Sunday morning services and Chaplain McCarter (Capt) shaking hands with several of the parishioners. Also shows the chapel bulletin board. 186': SLATE: ROLL: R30C-7X-1121 AND 1122. 196': Scenes at the Cheiu Hoa Veterans Hospital of a missionary and USA and USAF chaplains conducting services for Vietnamese veterans. Shows missionary speaking, wounded Vietnamese with crutches and in wheelchairs listening, three children of the missionary and two Vietnamese girls singing, Chaplain McCarter (Capt) talking to the veterans through an interpreter and USA Chaplain Estes, in civilian clothes, performing several magic tricks, one by tying different colored handkerchiefs together as symbols for the Vietnamese and American people. 403': EDITOR'S SLATE: ROLL: R30C-7X-1276. 408': MLS of Tan Son Nhut chapel. 428': Shows Chaplain McCarter talking with some of the seriously wounded soldiers in Tan Son Nhut base hospital. 502': MS's, CU & LS of Chaplain McCarter talking with AF EM in his office and praying after the session -- both walk toward the chapel and bid each other goodbye. 603': SLATE: ROLL: R30C-7X-1327. 608': LS & MS of shacks on stilts built on branch of the Saigon River. 634': LS down street showing a Catholic church. 642': Scenes of the Saigon Roman Catholic Basilica showing the twin steeples and statue of The Virgin Mary. 682': Shows a typical market place in downtown Saigon. 709': EDITOR'S SLATE: ROLL: R30C-7X-1330A. 719': Views of a rich beautiful villa. 748': Total footage in reel. Reel 2: SLATES: ROLLS: R30C-7X-1485, 1513, 1741 and 1742. 1': Scenes at Trai Trang - Sup III Corp CIDG Training Center showing AF Chaplain Walter H. Mattison (Maj) and an airman arriving by CH-3C, meeting a few of the Special Forces, conducting outside mass, altar atop sandbags, identifying sign over archway, Chaplain Mattison and airman boarding CH-3C and helicopter taking off. Also shows AV of Vietnamese church. 405': Total footage in reel. Reel 3: SLATE: ROLL: R30C-7X-1839. 3': Scenes of Chaplain Justin E. Maurath (Capt), a Catholic priest, talking with servicemen working around cement mixer at Tuy Hoa AFB. 83': Shows Chaplain George K. Crosby (capt) talking to Maj. Sorrel Marcial beside F-100D of the 308th TFS at Thy Hoa AFB and Maj Marcial boarding aircraft. 130': Scenes of Chaplain Crosby and Chaplain Maurath at Lac Thien Orphanage talking with nun and the children, children dancing and singing and candy being handed out. 212': SLATE: ROLL: R30C-7X-1840. 218': Scenes of Chaplain Kenneth J. Duncan (Capt) and a lieutenant nurse meeting in front of hospital tent, both talking and patients in blue pajamas stopping to talk to them. (Cam Ranh Bay AB) 286': SLATE: ROLL: R3OC-7X-1842 AND 1843. 293': Scenes of Chaplain James T. Colson and an EM approaching sentry outpost -- shows two AP' s watching their approach from bunker, the chaplain greeting the two AP's, giving them new testaments and praying. 399': MS's & CU's of Chaplain John C. Gallagher (capt) stopping to talk with welder, then welder goes back to work. (Cam Ranh Bay AB) 450': Scenes of (Chaplain James T. Colson (Maj) talking to AP with dog on promontory overlooking Cam Ranh Bay -- shows CU's of each subject and the dog. 497': Travel shot of local bars and shops in Saigon. 600': Scenes of Chaplain Maurath holding child as doctor examines her and handing out candy to the children. 605': LS & MLS of AP jeep winding up hill and stopping at barbed wire gate -- shows jeep coming to a stop and Chaplain Colson and AP proceeding on foot toward the outpost sentry bunker. 709': Total footage in reel.

Collection

Records of U.S. Air Force Commands, Activities, and Organizations

Series

Moving Images Relating to Military Aviation Activities