Activities of Mobile Riverine Force of U.S. 9th Infantry Division in Dong Tam, Mekong Delta in South Vietnam during the Vietnam War. Interior of the USS Colleton. Soldiers receive inoculations. A soldier has an X-ray taken.
Opening scene shows wooden buildings at the Reliable Academy in Dong Tam, Vietnam, where the U.S. Ninth Infantry Division has established an NCO training facility.One building is designated "classroom 4" and displays the name of an instructor. Inside, members of the 9th Division Band play musical selections for the occasion. Closeup of the 9th Infantry Division band base drum and drummer, followed by another view of the band members playing. Next, all present rise to hear remarks from Brigadier General Frank Gunn, Deputy Commander of the 9th Infantry Division.
Views from a slow moving aircraft (possibly a helicopter) of the port facilities at Cam Rahn Bay, during the Vietnam War. The port has 5 deep water piers, 4 for general cargo and one further north for ammunition. Cranes installed by Sea-Land are seen on pier 4. Sorry there was no navy base or training center in 1970. This clip shows the Army base and port.
Special Service area in Dong Tam, Vietnam. Board of Reliable Academy. Entry gate of academy Head Quarters. Board of special services recreation Center. Special service area at Dong Tam. Boards of Special Services Library and Dong Tam Library.
Soldiers disembark at Dong Tam river raider camp in Vietnam, during the Vietnam War. Profile of a soldier looking on. Two UH-1D helicopters on the ground. Soldiers debark and carry luggage. CV-7 Caribou aircraft lands and soldiers debark with luggage. The ramp is paved with Marsden pierced steel matting. Sign at the camp reading 'Welcome to Dong Tam River Raider Camp.'
Hospital facilities at Camp Dong Tam. Typical outdoor covered walkway of a military hospital is seen at Camp Dong Tam, in Mekong Delta of South Vietnam, during the Vietnam War. Sign above the walkway identifies it as the 3rd Surgical Hospital. Camera pans sandbagged quonset huts housing elements of the hospital. Outdoor cooling unit with pipes running to provide air conditioning to quonset huts. Closeup of areas between sand bagged quonset huts. The feet of a soldier seen as he raises dust while walking across the barren terrain in the area.
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