OPERATION GADSEN, TRAI BEE, VIETNAM Reel 3 · Part 2

Description

Covers search and destroy mission by elements of First Brigade , 25th Infantry Division. The force captured a division-sized VC hospital complex and Rest and Recreation (R&R) Center near the Cambodian border. Note: All personnel and helicopters shown are US Army. REEL 1: 1) UH-1D landing in field, troops off1oading 55 gallon oil drums, and helicopter leaving. 2) Several armored personnel carriers (APCs) (Tactical Operation Center) in field. 3) APCs and troops moving through heavy underbrush. 4) Captured material including bicycles. 5) Troops searching Viet Cong (VC) hospital complex and trench, loading grain sacks aboard APC, looking at propaganda poster, clearing helicopter landing zone, and loading booty aboard UH-1D. 364' Total footage in reel. REEL 2: 1) UH-1D landing in clearing. 2) Captured material including bicycles, grain, radio, and Claymore mines; Col Marshal B. Garth (USA), Lt Col Ralph G. Julian (USA) and others inspecting the items. 3) APCs moving through field and underbrush. 4) Damaged UH-1D in field (broken tail boom). 5) Pile of captured material including clothing, sewing machine, and medical supplies. 6) Lt Col Julian talking on AN/ARC 25 field radio. 7) Armored personnel carriers (APCs) parked in field and moving through heavy underbrush. 8) Soldier lifting hatch on APC and checking engine and tranmission oil. 9) APCs moving through field. 10) Troops searching captured VC hospital complex. 342' Total footage in reel. REEL 3: 1) Troops searching captured VC hospital complex, inspecting captured material, setting fire to hut, and loading grain sacks aboard APC. 2) APCs and troops moving through underbuush and field. 3) Troops firing M-16s and carrying dead soldier on litter. 4) Smoke rising beyond trees as F-4 makes bombing runs during close air support mission. 336' Total footage in reel.

Collection

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

Series

Moving Images Relating to Military Aviation Activities