A CH-47 helicopter brings ammunition and howitzer to United States Fire Support Base (FSB) Normandy and flies off. Soldiers set a 105mm howitzer. Another CH-47 brings a howitzer and sets it down. It then flies off. A CH-54 brings howitzer in sling. A CH-54 delivers a truck on top of a hill of the base. The aerial supply operations are conducted by the U.S. Army 160th Combat Aviation Group, in support of the 101st Airborne Division. (Vietnam War period).
Views from a helicopter,approaching and circling U.S. 101st Airborne Division Fire Support Base (FSB) Normandy, on top of a mountain in Vietnam, during the war. The base has been cleared of vegetation, but has few notable structures or equipment readily discernible from the altitude at which it is being viewed. A different sequence shows FSB Geronimo, from a helicopter. This 101st Airborne base is on a Hill top, and is larger and more developed than FSB Normandy. It has well defined perimeter and interior roads, and numerous structures and facilities. A fairly large river can be seen in the distant background in some views.
A CH-54 carrying a 155mm howitzer from 101st Airborne Division Fire Support Base, Geronimo. It carries the howitzer in a sling to Fire Support Base, Whip, on top of a hill. A signal flare releases yellow smoke. The CH-54 sets down the howitzer. These aerial supply operations are conducted by the U.S. Army 160th Combat Aviation Group. (Vietnam War period).
A CH-54 flying Crane helicopter, of the U.S. Army 160th Combat Aviation Group, hovering over 101st Airborne Division Fire Support Base (FSB), Geronimo. A 155mm howitzer seen in a revetment on the ground. Troops on the FSB fasten the howitzer to a sling from the CH-54, which lifts it and flies away. Air-to-air view of the CH-54 underway with the howitzer slung below. (Vietnam War period).
Air-to-air views of a CH-54 flying Crane helicopter,of the U.S. Army 160th Combat Aviation Group, with a 155mm howitzer suspended underneath, approaching 101st Airborne Division Fire Support Base (FSB), Whip, during the Vietnam War. Troops on the base release purple smoke. The CH-54 settles the howitzer on the ground and flies away. Views of the FSB from the accompanying camera helicopter, as it flies away.
A U.S. Army soldier puts apples on plates, preparing a Thanksgiving dinner for troops. He takes out apples from a box and piles them on plates. (Vietnam War period).
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