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).
1st Battalion of 173rd Airborne Brigade during Airmobile Tactical Exercise in Vietnam. UH-1D helicopters fly over field. Soldiers run across field. United States soldiers set up an M-60 machine gun in bushy area. Squad leader positions soldiers by hand signals. Soldier on alert with M-16 rifle. Soldier lying on ground loads an M-79 grenade launcher. (Vietnam War period).
1st Battalion of 173rd Airborne Brigade Combat Team on Airmobile Tactical Exercise in Vung Tau, South Vietnam, during Vietnam War. Captain Raymond E Marshal and Vietcong officer interrogate a Vietcong prisoner in forest area. Soldier eats food from a can. Troops walk into forest area. Soldier looks into hut with his M-16 rifle.
1st Battalion of 173rd Airborne Brigade during an Airmobile Tactical Exercise in Vung Tau, South Vietnam. Troopers moving cautiously through narrow jungle trail. Next, a suspected Viet Cong (VC) is seen with hands raised as he shows identification to an American trooper, who also frisk searches him. Next, he is seen being interrogated by a Vietnamese officer, while being guarded by a trooper. View of troopers moving along the jungle path and ducking under fallen tree trunks. (Vietnam War period).
5-inch shells from USS Mansfield hitting the shore line, the area containing the Viet Cong during Operation Sea Dragon in Vietnam. Smoke arises from shore. White phosphorus shells explode at the shore line. Mountains in background of the shore. Shells striking beach area from USS Mansfield. 5-inch gun firing at shore. A man enters the mount. Empty shell casings come out of the chutes. Twin guns of the mount fire salvo. The mount fires regularly. A man stands at the mount as it fires. (Vietnam War period).
USS Mansfield hitting 5-inch shells on the shore line, the area containing the Viet Cong during Operation Sea Dragon in Vietnam. View of shore. Smoke arise from shore. White phosphorus shells explodes at the shore line. Mountains in background of the shore. Shells striking beach area fired from USS Mansfield. 5-inch gun firing at shore. A man enters the mount. Empty shell casings come out of the chutes. Twin guns of the mount fire salvo. A man stands at the mount as it fires. (Vietnam War period).
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