Aerial view of the base camp at 9th signal Battalion in Vietnam. Shipyard facility with landing crafts at the dock. Swimming pool in the base camp. Head Quarters and tactical operation center. 9th signal Battalion area and artillery emplacement. Aerial view of the base camp.
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.
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.
The 4th Infantry Division Dragon Mountain Base Camp is renamed Camp Enari in the honor of USA 1st Lieutenant Mark N Enari who was the 1st Fourth Infantry Division soldier to receive the Silver Star posthumously. Soldiers stand at ease on the ground. A few soldiers hold flags. Red Cross girls stand in honor. Dedications address by Lt Gen Stanley R Larsen, CG 1st Field Forces Vietnam and U.S. Army Maj Gen William R Peers, Commander, 4th Infantry Division from a makeshift dais. They move towards the veiled main gate of the camp. Two soldiers stand in attention at either side of the veiled gate. Lt Gen Stanley R Larsen and Maj Gen William R Peers unveil the plaque with the help of the two soldiers. The troops salute. The officers move back to the dais. Senior officers take their places. Soldiers sit on the chairs. Massed troops in formation, color guards. Troops hold webbing and salute. A bespectacled U.S. lieutenant colonel reads citation. (Vietnam War period).
Interiors of mess hall at 25th Infantry Division Base Camp in Vietnam. Two American Red Cross women volunteers entertain United States troops by performing a quiz program. 25th Infantry Division 'Tropic Lightning' insignia on women's shoulder sleeve. (Vietnam War period).
Three United States soldiers seated inside EM Club at 25th Infantry Division Base Camp in Vietnam. Group of soldiers stand at bar. (Vietnam War period).
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