Construction and use of bunkers on Fire Support Bases (FSB) by U.S. Army soldiers in Vietnam during the Vietnam War. An 8 inch Howitzer positioned at FBS Charlie One at Camp Carroll. A soldier seated on a chair near the gun. He cleans the breech rings of the Howitzer. Bunkers nearby.
U.S. Marines during Operation Prairie in Vietnam. Marines with utilities and camouflage helmet seated on the ground. He removes M-26-A2 fragmentation grenades from cardboard cannisters. Poncho and ammunition crates lying on ground in clearing near heavy undergrowth. Marines seated at base of tree preparing to eat C-rations. Several Marines standing near open boxes of C-rations. Rations being distributed. Marines, some with packs on pack board kneeling and seated on ground while some smoke cigarettes in clearing. A Marine with jungle type hat, towel around neck, holding a map speaks over head set of PRC-25 radio. Some Marines with cartridge belts, canteens, packs, camouflage helmets and carrying weapons move over dirt trail in jungle area. Marine carrying bipod of 60mm mortar on shoulder. Muddy boots of soldier moving through shallow stream. Marines carrying M3A1 .45 caliber sub machine gun and M-14 rifles move through jungle area. A Marine with PRC-25 on his back. Tall thick bushes and wooded hills far below. Marine carrying M 14 rifle and ammunition cannister on pack board. Other Marines with packs and camera tilts. Marines moving through grassy area. (Vietnam War period).
Captured film of Viet Cong (VC) conducting a political or propaganda lecture at a VC base in a jungle area of Vietnam. A UH-1B helicopter can be seen through the trees, flying overhead. (Vietnam War period).
90th Replacement Battalion of United States Army arrives in Vietnam. Soldiers load their barrack bags on luggage carts. Soldiers board buses to reach to the army base. Soldiers stand near the luggage cart and pose for a photograph. Soldiers board buses. (Vietnam War period).
View from UH-1 helicopter flying over Camp Holloway in Vietnam highlands, during period U.S. troops are commencing their incursion into Cambodia, during the Vietnam War. Rough dirt paths and landing areas have been carved out of the earth and scrub brush landscape. Half a dozen UH-1s are parked on the site, as well as trucks and other vehicles. A huge section of the site is barren, except for a white wind sock. View from the ground of a UH-1 coming in to land. It sets down on a ramp of marsden matting, aka pierced steel planking (PSP), as a CH-47 chopper takes off in the background. Camera is photographing from another UH-1 that takes off, still focusing on the one that just arrived. A C-130 aircraft is on the runway in the background. The departing camera-helicopter shows troops and equipment on the bare earth below. Scene shifts to aerial views of sky, clouds, and mountainous terrain. Shifting to view of ground, another advance base is seen below. Another UH-1 is seen in the sky.The camera-helicopter passes over a dirt field where a low flying formation of helicopters is raising huge dust clouds. In the midst of this site there is a long hard surface (PSP) runway, that the camera-helicopter flies along, at altitude.Troops and equipment plus more helicopters are in the dirt areas beside the hard runway.
Activities of United States soldiers at the Fire Support Base ( FSB ) Bronco in Vietnam during the Vietnam War. A soldier prepares powder charges on 105 mm howitzer rounds. He uses a spanner wrench on a fuse. He works on 105 mm shells.
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