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.
Interiors of the United States Embassy (4 Le Duan Blvd., District 1, Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam) in Saigon, Vietnam following the Tet Offensive bombing of the embassy. Personnel examine damage inside embassy. Bullet holes in wall. Clock stopped at 3:03. Soldiers check Embassy grounds. Troops carry wounded on stretcher. Aftermath of battle in Tet Offensive. Wrecked trucks and destroyed buildings. (Vietnam War period).
Republic of Vietnam Army (ARVN) soldiers search houses in the 8th precinct, Cholon District, Saigon, Vietnam. Wreckage of houses. Soldiers enter houses. Vietnamese remove dead Vietcong from a house. Dead bodies carried on stretcher and loaded onto trucks. M-133 Armored Personnel Carriers drive past. Dead Vietcong carried out from house on litter by fire men. (Vietnam War period).
Refugees carry their belongings as they evacuate area in 8th Precinct, Cholon, District, Saigon, Vietnam. Refugees get onto truck. ARVN (Army of Republic of Vietnam) soldiers around truck. Truck drives away. Civilians walk on street. Children carry their belongings. Ambulance parked in the background. Refugees salvage belongings. Ambulance loaded with belongings. Civilians in streets. Submerged houses. (Vietnam War period).
Dedication of the "John F. Kennedy Square" in Saigon, South Vietnam during the Vietnam War. South Vietnamese soldiers standing at attention on the right side of the "John F. Kennedy Square" in front of the Notre Dame Cathedral of Saigon (01 Công xã Paris, Bến Nghé, Quận 1, Thành phố Hồ Chí Minh, Vietnam). South Vietnamese Prime Minister, Maj. Gen. Nguyen Khanh walks past South Vietnamese soldiers. Sign behind South Vietnamese soldiers in English and Vietnamese reads “Kennedy, Leader for Freedom and Peace of Mankind”. Guests crowd under a tent in the John F. Kennedy Square. United States Ambassador Henry Cabot Lodge, and the South Vietnamese Prime Minister, Maj. Gen. Nguyen Khanh, inspect South Vietnamese troops. Ambassador Lodge puts his hand on his left chest while Prime Minister Nguyen Khanh salutes. Ambassador Lodge walks past troops. Vietnamese banner adorns the tent for guests. Ambassador Lodge began speaking in a podium. United States military officials in attendance clapping. Ambassador Lodge shake hands with Prime Minister Nguyen Khanh. Ambassador Lodge accompanies Prime Minister Nguyen Khanh to unveil plaque. The United States ambassador and Prime Minister Nguyen Khanh unveil a plaque to the memory of President John F. Kennedy. Plaque reads “Cong Truong Tong Thong John F. Kennedy”. Ambassador Lodge gets inside black staff car. A photographer stands up after the staff car drives away. Plaque to the memory of President John F. Kennedy at the John F. Kennedy Square. The square in front of Saigon's Roman Catholic Notre Dame Cathedral is renamed President John F. Kennedy Square, in honor of the late United States President John F. Kennedy.
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