Fire Support Base "Husky", home of Headquarters Battery, 2nd Battalion, 35th Artillery Regiment (155, SP) Xuan Loc,Vietnam. Aerial view from a UH-1 Huey helicopter, of the base and surrounding terrain. Mountains in the background. [Note: C Battery 7th Battalion, 9th Artillery (105 Howitzer) occupied the other half of the FSB. The base was attacked on the night of May 17/18, 1969, by NVA sappers, mortars, and rockets. Fourteen Americans and an estimated 80 to 90 NVA were killed.]
The U.S. 1st Cavalry Division prior to the Siege of Plei Me in Plei Me, Vietnam. Boeing CH-47 Chinook helicopter of the U.S. 228th assault Battalion in field with their rotors turning. Soldiers stack ammunition canisters. Soldiers of the 2nd Battalion, 117th Artillery work around M102 105mm Howitzer. The 105mm Howitzer is pushed in position. African American soldier looks through Howitzer sight. (Vietnam War period).
The U.S. 1st Cavalry Division bases and camps in Vietnam. An aerial view of the road through a hilly country. Mountains in the background. Aerial view of two bridges side by side. One of the bridges in damaged condition. The route as it runs through Mang Yang pass. Camp Base of the 2nd Artillery Battalion, 17th Infantry.
Elements of three U.S. Marine Battalions land at Chu Lai in Quang Tin Province, South Vietnam during the Vietnam War. Vietnamese soldiers with Vietnam flag on top of an Armored Personnel Carrier (APC). Marine on one knee holding a rifle. A marine smokes a pipe as he walks with a rifle. Marines walk inland. Lieutenant Commander John P Byrnes of 4th Marines Division, 2nd Battalion talks to a marine officer. Landing Craft Utility (LCU) off shore. Marine walks in water carrying flags.
A film about the activities in Washington DC during World War II. On 2nd January 1942 the President of the United States Franklin Delano Roosevelt with delegates from 26 nations sign a mutual aid pact in the White House. View of the contents of the pact and the signed pact.
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.
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