2nd Battalion (Airborne), 503 Infantry, 173rd Airborne Brigade (Sep) prepares for a mission. Soldiers use camouflage stick on each other's faces. They wait next to helicopters. Bell UH-1D and Bell UH-1B "Huey" helicopters take off from Bien Hoa Air Force Base, South Vietnam. Ground view of a line of UH-1B helicopters in flight. Point of view shot inside helicopter from just behind the cockpit of a "Huey" shows a number of other helicopters flying ahead. Helicopters fly above green fields. (Vietnam War period).
U.S. Army 2nd Battalion (Airborne), 503rd Infantry, 173rd Airborne Brigade (Sep) on an operation in South Vietnam. Paratroopers advance through rice paddy fields and thick forest area. Officer speaks over radio phone on field. Next, soldiers are seen standing where they have popped a yellow smoke grenade to mark a landing zone.. More views of the troops making their way to the landing zone. Scene shifts to a group of Bell UH-1 Iroquois (Huey) helicopters approaching and landing in trail formation. The soldiers are dispatched in groups to board the choppers. After all are aboard, the helicopters take off in formation and depart. View from one of the helicopters as it is leaving. Soldiers are seen on the ground below. Glimpse of a helicopter pilot inside a cockpit. View of another helicopter flying above. View of helicopters flying in formation. Closeup of one flying nearby with door open.
1st Battalion of 173rd Airborne Brigade on Airmobile Tactical Exercise in Vietnam. Troopers at a bivouac area with tents pitched in background. they are preparing by using camouflage sticks on each other. One soldier laughs as his buddy applies the camouflage to his face. Closeup of another trooper applying it to his own face with help from the mirror on a vehicle. Closeup of two troopers conversing and others in small groups. Several drink from a large #10 can, as one cleans his M-79 grenade launcher. Captain Raymond E Marshal speaks to a Vietnamese Lieutenant. (Vietnam War period).
Major General Frank W Milburn wearing sunglasses looks at a map on hood of U.S. Army jeep in Anyang, Korea, during the Korean War. Soldiers of task force gathered around him. Lieutenant Colonel William J Dalvin of 89th Medium Tank Battalion speaks to General Milburn. General smoking a cigarette, talks to men of Task Force. Major Buchanan and Major Hickel in the background. Dachshund stands next to men's feet.
187th Regimental Combat Team (RCT) load 105 mm Howitzer in Korea, during Korean War. U.S. Army soldier inserts shells into breech of Howitzer. Howitzer fired in an open field. Soldier looks through the telescopic view of 105mm Howitzer. United States soldier places shell on ground. RTC members fire the Howitzer.
187th Regimental Combat Team (RCT) removes shells from cases, placed on army truck in Korea, during Korean War. U.S. Army officer in charge of 187th RCT directs fire of 105mm Mortar. Soldiers load and fire Howitzer in an open field. Officer standing next to the gun speaks over microphone. Soldiers cut binders around shell cases.
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