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The Battle of Fire Support Base Ripcord, the last major engagement in the Vietnam War
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.
Units of the U.S. Army 101st Airborne Division defend Fire Support Base Ripcord,during the Vietnam war
Elements of the U.S. Army 101st Airborne Division defending Fire Support Base Ripcord in the A Shau Valley, South Vietnam, in the last major battle of the Vietnam War. View from Base Ripcord toward wooded hills from which the North Vietnamese 324B Division is laying siege. It is extremely windy causing canvas covers to flap. The camera is focused on a hilltop where enemy positions are located. Bombs explode there, dropped by U.S.aircraft (unseen). At times large clouds of white smoke rise from the site.
U.S. soldiers on a search and destroy mission in Vietnam are picked up by an Armored Troop Carrier (ATC) riverine boat
A search and destroy mission of U.S. 9th Infantry Division, 47th Infantry, 3rd Battalion in South Vietnam during the Vietnam War. U.S. soldiers cross a rice paddy. Boots of a soldier as he walks in muddy water. The soldiers wait to cross the paddy. They walk in ankle deep water. The soldiers standing with rifles. An ATC (Armored Troop Carrier) "Tango" riverine boat pulls into the bank of a river and lowers its front hatch door. The soldiers move across a grass field in the foreground. They board the boat via the open front hatch.
United States Vice President Richard Nixon visits a military training camp in Hue in Vietnam
United States Vice President Richard Nixon visits a military training camp in Saigon, Vietnam. Vietnamese soldiers stand in as honor guards to welcome Vice President Nixon. Vice President Nixon watches South Vietnamese soldiers as they jump over wooden obstacles during a training session. Vice President Nixon speaks with South Vietnamese officials. South Vietnamese soldiers practice firing as the Vice President with other officers looks on. South Vietnamese soldiers in prone position while firing. Vietnamese soldier conveys a message over a wireless field telephone as Richard Nixon and other officials stand next to him.
U.S. President Richard Nixon's silent majority speech from White House about Vietnam War.
A news special report about U.S. President Richard Nixon's speech from the White House about Vietnam War. A news correspondent reads news about the current status of war in Vietnam. President Nixon speaks from an office in the White House. President Nixon during his famous 'Silent Majority' speech. Richard Nixon details the history of Vietnam War and the ways North Vietnamese communists adopted to impose their government in South Vietnam. He says that immediate withdrawal of the United States forces would be a disaster for South Vietnam and the U.S. as well. He talks about steps taken to resume peace in the region and the progress of Paris Peace Talks.
South Vietnamese President Thieu and U.S. President Nixon shake hands with delegates at a ceremony in San Clemente, California.
President of South Vietnam Nguyen Van Thieu during his visit to San Clemente in California, United States. Vietnamese President Van Thieu walks down from a platform at a ceremony. He shakes hands with various American dignitaries. Pat Nixon and Mrs. Thieu also shake hands with spectators and invited guests at the ceremony. President Nixon, President Thieu and their wives walk on the red carpet at the venue. Members of South Vietnamese and American delegation shake hands with them. Spectators holding Vietnamese flags watch them. Dignitaries at the venue shake hands with the South Vietnamese dignitaries.
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