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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.
Soldiers walk in a single file through a dense jungle and across rice paddies in Binh Phuoc, Vietnam during the Vietnam War.
U.S. 49th Infantry Brigade, 2nd Battalion troops in Binh Phuoc, Vietnam during the Vietnam War. A soldier in a field. Soldiers walk in a single file through a dense jungle, swamps, mud and heavy brush. The soldiers walk across rice paddies.
Tracer fire and flares at night in Binh Phuoc, Vietnam during the Vietnam War.
U.S. 47th Infantry Brigade, 2nd Battalion in Vietnam during the Vietnam War. Tracer fire and flares at night.
U.S. aircraft drop napalm bombs in forest areas in Tay Ninh, Vietnam during the Vietnam War.
United States aircraft drop bombs in Tay Ninh, Vietnam during the Vietnam War. The aircraft drop napalm bombs over targets on the ground. Smoke and explosions in forest areas.
Aerial views of smoke in a forest area due to bombing in Tay Ninh, Vietnam during the Vietnam War.
United States aircraft bomb targets in Tay Ninh, Vietnam during the Vietnam War. Damaged trees due to bombing in a forest area. Bomb craters on the ground. Aerial views of smoke and explosions in forest areas.