COMBAT CONTROLLERS, KA TUM SPECIAL FORCES CAMP, VIETNAM Part 4

Description

Covers combat control team arriving by RTAF C-123K, marking landing zone, and establishing radio communication at semi-improved air strip serving special Forces camp near Cambodian border. Includes sync-sound coverage of interviews by officer in charge and members of the team, and officer in charge informing camp commandant of role the team will play, as well as wild sound of radio traffic between team radioman and aircraft delivering cargo. ROLL: R30C-9X-1454 (TAIL SLATED. 1) Combat controllers walking through landing zone, setting up field radio and transmitting. 2) ELS close support air strike beyond landing zone by a single aircraft -- bomb explosion visible. 3) Combat controllers driving stakes for landing zone markers. 107' ROLL: R30C-9X-1456 (TAIL SLATED) 4) Combat control team leaving Special Forces camp on foot, conferring in landing zone, and driving stakes and setting up colored marker panels. 190' ROLL: R30C-9X-1461 5) Combat control team debarking rear of RTAF C-123K. 6) RTAF C-123K taking off to left past pile of empty drums along runway. 7) CU of insignia on bunker with legend: KA TUM CAMP/DE OPPRESSOR LIBER/DET A 322 5th SFG (ABN). 8) Combat control team walking through Special Forces camp, arriving at air strip, and conferring. 291' SLATE: ROLL: R30C-9X-1463. 9) Combat controllers driving stakes and setting up colored marker panels in landing zone. 397' ROLL: R30-9X-66. 10) Enlisted members of control team discussing their work in individual interviews beside bunker. 11) Combat control team OIC conferring with Special Forces captain (camp commandant) beside bunker.

Collection

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

Series

Moving Images Relating to Military Aviation Activities