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. 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.
The North Korean soldiers in Korea during the Korean War. Camouflaged field artillery gun being fired by the North Korean soldiers. A camouflaged tank moves on a ground. Camouflaged tanks move on the ground. Three field artillery guns being fired. A row of camouflaged tanks pass.
The North Korean soldiers in Korea during the Korean war. A North Korean soldier talks on a field telephone in a wooded area. Another North Korean soldier talks on a field telephone. A soldier charts on a map. View of the map. Two North Korean soldiers mark on a chart. Camouflaged hand weapons. A group of soldiers scan a hill with field glass. A group of North Korean camouflaged soldiers load and raise field artillery gun. The artillery crew carry guns on a swivel base.
The North Korean soldiers and American prisoners of war in Korea during the Korean war. Two American prisoners of war seated. Several American and South Korean prisoners of war. Three North Korean soldiers kneel beside a map on the ground. A soldier looks through field glasses and points to the map. A mortar being loaded. Three mortars in operation. A few American prisoners of war sitting and a few of them standing.
The North Korean soldiers in Korea during the Korean War. North Korean soldiers filing out of bushes. A group of North Korean soldiers look at a map. The leader points to the map. Several North Korean soldiers look through field glasses from a ridge. North Korean soldiers run along a road. Field artillery team fires mortar.
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