Construction and use of bunkers on Fire Support Bases (FSB) by U.S. Army soldiers in Vietnam. Soldiers construct the entrance to a wooden personnel bunker on FBS Charlie One at Camp Carroll. They assemble wooden planks to construct steps. A soldier uses a saw to cut wood. Another takes measurement and puts markings. Dust all around. Soldiers move in and out of the bunker. (Vietnam War period).
Construction and use of bunkers on Fire Support Bases (FSB) by U.S. Army soldiers in Vietnam. Soldiers assemble wooden boards on FBS Charlie One at Camp Carroll. The boards are nailed into place to construct the side walls of a personnel bunker. Two soldiers hold the board in place while another hammers nails into it. (Vietnam War period).
Construction and use of bunkers on Fire Support Bases (FSB) by U.S. Army soldiers in Vietnam. Soldiers carry wooden beams inside a personnel bunker on FBS Charlie One at Camp Carroll. They set the beams on wooden posts. Soldiers construct the walls of a wooden personnel bunker. A soldier hammers nails into the planks. (Vietnam War period).
Construction and use of bunkers on Fire Support Bases (FSB) by U.S. Army soldiers in Vietnam. Soldiers leaving bunker mess hall at Camp Carroll. Part of the mess hall is underground. Soldiers in serving line. They walk in. A wooden bunker under construction. Trees flank the pathway leading to the bunker. (Vietnam War period).
Construction and use of bunkers on Fire Support Bases (FSB) by U.S. Army soldiers in Vietnam. Construction at Charlie One FSB at Camp Carroll. A bucket Ioader driven to the top of a dual blade bunker. The loader dumps earth fill inside a retaining wall. Soldier wearing a hat and sunglasses in the driver's seat. Another soldier directs him. (Vietnam War period).
Opening scene shows two U.S. Air Force F-105 Thunderchief aircraft taking off in pre-dawn from Vietnam on a bombing mission, in 1966, during the Vietnam War. Next, the F-105s are seen diving and dropping bombs that explode into fire and smoke on the ground. Closeup of a Strategic Air Command (SAC) KC-135 aircraft in flight. It has been modified to serve as as a "Combat Lightning" aircraft that serves as a communication link between the Tactical Air Reporting Center at Monkey Mountain, near Danang, Vietnam and ground radar, airborne radar and any U.S. aircraft operating over North Vietnam. KC-135 "Combat Lightning" crew members are seated in a briefing room at the U-Tapao Royal Thai Navy Airfield, in Thailand. A briefing officer explains their mission, using charts and a map labeled SECRET Noforn (no foreign access) showing Vietnam and the Gulf of Tonkin. The briefer points to an area in the Gulf, and sketches a figure eight, showing where and how the KC-135 should maneuver in a holding pattern during its mission. Crew members rise and leave at the end of the briefing. View of a Strategic Air Command EC-135L that arrived on May 29, 1967, along with another, to support 24 hour "Combat Lightning" operations. Ground crewman directs the EC-135L as it taxis out and then takes off, past a C-130 aircraft holding short of the active runway. (Narrator notes that by the end of July, 1967, there were four "Combat Lightning" C-135 aircraft operating at U-Tapao airfield.) View from above of EC-135L aircraft in flight above clouds, en route to its assigned location over the Gulf of Tonkin. View of radio operator inside the aircraft, who is in radio contact with U-Tapao and the aircraft they are going to relieve. View of map showing their destination figure-eight holding pattern. Radio operator establishes the same contacts used by the aircraft they are relieving, to assure continuity of communications. Remainder of the film contains extended views of the radio operator at his station and of the EC-135 aircraft in flight. Near the end, the crew's Armaments and Electronics Technician is seen pulling a piece of malfunctioning electronic gear from a rack and replacing it with a spare, stored nearby.
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