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The Battle of Fire Support Base Ripcord, the last major engagement in the Vietnam War
Elements of the U.S. Army 101st Airborne Division battle North Vietnamese regular Army forces at Fire Support Base Ripcord in the A Shau Valley, South Vietnam, in the last major confrontation of the Vietnam War. View of Fire Support Base Ripcord from inside an arriving helicopter. An OH-6A Cayuse / AH-6J (Little Bird) approaching to land at the Fire Support Base. The helicopter lands on a heli-pad. Another OH-6A is parked in the background. Scene shifts to a Bell UH-1 Iroquois (Huey) helicopter leaving the Fire Support Base. It has, white stripe on the top, behind greenhouse, and red dot on the tail boom. This identifies it as belonging to A Company, 158th Aviation Battalion (Assault Helicopter) "Ghost Riders." Views of much work going on to fortify the Fire Support Base. An American F-4 Phantom jet fighter aircraft flies overhead at hight speed and drops ordnance on a nearby hilltop. View from Ripcord Base of fire and smoke rising from the target. Soldiers setting up Claymore mines along side of the base, for nighttime protection. More views of fire and smoke at the target hill. A soldier sitting atop Support Base structure, speaking on radio telephone. Closeup shows "Screaming Eagle" patch of the 101st Airborne Division on his left shoulder. More views of defensive work going on, including the setting up of several 155mm howitzers by Battery B 2nd 319th Artillery. A UH-1 flies low overhead. A Boeing CH-47 Chinook helicopter is seen approaching with supplies suspended underneath in a net sling. Soldiers placing parcels in a UH-1 with engine running, about to depart. Glimpse of hooch with sign reading "FSB Ripcord" and displaying a large ace of spades. A CH-47 descending closeby. More views of bombs exploding on the neighboring hilltop.
Units of the U.S. Army 101st Airborne Division defend Fire Support Base Ripcord,during the Vietnam war
Elements of the U.S. Army 101st Airborne Division defending Fire Support Base Ripcord in the A Shau Valley, South Vietnam, in the last major battle of the Vietnam War. View from Base Ripcord toward wooded hills from which the North Vietnamese 324B Division is laying siege. It is extremely windy causing canvas covers to flap. The camera is focused on a hilltop where enemy positions are located. Bombs explode there, dropped by U.S.aircraft (unseen). At times large clouds of white smoke rise from the site.
U.S. Army 319th Artillery supports 101st Airborne Division defending Fire Support Base Ripcord, in the Vietnam war
U.S. Army 319th Artillery attached to 101st Airborne Division strengthens defenses of Fire Support Base Ripcord to combat North Vietnam forces in the A Shau Valley, South Vietnam, during the Vietnam War. Opening scene shows Captain David F. Rich, Commander of Battery B, 2nd Battalion, 319th Artillery, conversing with Lieutenant Brennan, in very windy conditions atop the Fire Support Base. The carriage of a 105mm towed howitzer is seen in the foreground, with two shells set on it. View of howitzers and shells stacked atop the Base. The wind whipping aross the Base. African American soldier working on a howitzer. Another fighting the wind, as he carries canisters of propellant charges. He tosses them behind the sandbagged artillery position. Other soldiers join in moving gunpowder canisters. Closeup of two soldiers as the wind blows the hat off one.
U.S. Army Battery B, 2nd Battalion, 319th Artillery, fire howitzers defending Fire Support Base Ripcord, in the Vietnam war
U.S. Fire Support Base Ripcord in the A Shau Valley, South Vietnam, under siege by North Vietnam Army forces during the Vietnam War. Several 105mm towed howitzers are positioned atop the base, with barrels at high elevations. Camera focuses on Gunners loading and firing one. The wind is blowing very hard, complicating their activity and causing the cameraman trouble too, as it buffets his camera. The camera views several guns operating in the battery. The Battery then level their guns to fire point blank at their targets. (They also increase their powder charge to 7, the maximum.) the resultant recoil strikes and injures SP/4 Bowing of a gun crew, who falls and is seen lying at the back of his gun. The crew calls for help and carries him to the ground. Cameraman stops filming briefly.. Next, a soldier is seen leaning over SP/4 Bowing, rendering aid.
American troops unload supplies from U.S. Army UH-1B helicopter on A Shau Valley in Vietnam during Vietnam War.
The U.S. Army 101st Airborne Division returns to A Shau Valley in Vietnam during the Battle of Fire Support Base Ripcord during Vietnam War. A U.S. Army UH-1B Iroquois helicopter comes in and lands on a mountaintop at Fire Support Base Ripcord. American troops unload supplies from the UH-1B Iroquois helicopter and the helicopter takes off. The soldiers carry equipment and supply to Fire Support Base. The supplies on the ground. The troops move at the Fire Support Base. A troop carries a hose of an equipment. Troops carrying equipment. The helicopter brings troops to landing zone fury.
AC-119K Stinger aircraft in flight and tracers from mini guns fired from aircraft on night interdiction mission in Vietnam.
United States Air Force AC-119K Stinger aircraft on night interdiction missions on Phan Rang Air Base in Vietnam during the Vietnam War. Aerial view of a United States Air Force AC-119K Stinger aircraft in flight. Tracers from mini guns.
