U.S. 1st Air Cavalry Division soldiers in Vietnam during Operation Long Reach in Vietnam War. U.S. soldiers with M-14 rifles stand guard over Vietcong prisoners. The prisoners are blindfolded and have their hands tied behind them. U.S. soldiers cautiously advance across grassy palm and into jungle.
U.S. 1st Air Cavalry Division in Vietnam during Operation Long Reach in Vietnam War. U.S. soldiers search dead bodies of Vietcong soldiers. U.S. soldiers look at a captured 7.62 automatic weapon which was manufactured in Red China. Soldiers take cover in wooded area. U.S. soldiers guard blindfolded Vietcong prisoners on field.
U.S. 1st Air Cavalry Division in Vietnam during Operation Long Reach in Vietnam War. U.S. soldiers with guns advance cautiously into jungle. Soldiers remove dead American soldiers from combat area. Soldiers rest in jungle.
A long line of UH-1 Helicopters, from the U.S. Army 1st Aviation Brigade, is seen parked beside the runway, with engines running, at Camp Holloway, Pleiku, Vietnam. One is moving slowly a few feet above the runway. Scene shifts to view from open door of an UH-1 Huey helicopter, flying overhead. View of the long runway with some red dust above it. View of misty mountains. View of narrow curving stream cutting through green brush below. Image stops from TC: 00:53 to 01:15, where another aircraft passes at a distance and a river and jungle are seen below. Next, numerous UH-1s are seen on the red earth fields of Camp Holloway, as the camera chopper settles over the camp runway and then air taxis along a ramp paved with PSP (pierced steel plank aka Marsden matting).
View, from very low-flying helicopter, circling the perimeter of of Fire Support Base Charlie One in Vietnam. An observation tower is seen. Mountains in the distant background. Several circular gun emplacements are visible. (Elements of the 2nd Battalion, 94th Field Artillery were stationed at the base during this period.) Some smaller emplacements are seen closer to the perimeter. All structures on the base are low and flat. What appears to be a river and a town in the background. I was in Vietnam at Charlie 1 in 1970 (Jun to Nov) with 2nd BN 94th Arty. I was also at Camp Carrol (J.J. Carrol). They are two different locations, considerable distance apart. NO WAY was it " Fire Support Base Charlie One at Camp Carroll" To describe the "Underground Bunkers" picture Metal culverts about 8-10 foot in diameter, maybe 20 feet long in a wooden box covered in gravel with one end open with a door.
An orientation film for United States Air Force personnel assigned to Southeast Asia. The Phan Rang Air Base, south of Nha Trang in Vietnam. Aerial view of the Base and surrounding area. A long straight road leading towards the hills. A Vietnamese temple. Buildings and barracks. Smoke rises up towards the sky. Trees and fields. A runway at the Base. Parked aircraft at the Base. (Vietnam War period).
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