OPERATION FRANCIS MARION (4TH INFANTRY DIVISION), NORTH OF PLEIKU, SOUTH VIETNAM

Description

1st Bde HQ sign at compound called "Jackson Hole." UH-1D copter lands on pad. Ellsworth Bunker, US Ambassador, gets off and is greeted by Col Charles A Jackson, CO, 1st Bde, 4th Infantry Division. Party walks to HQ. Int, Col Jackson at map as he briefs Amb Bunker and others. Bunker and party depart after briefing. Amb Bunker boards copter. Copter takes off. Soldiers of long range recon and patrol (LRRP) team boards UH-1D. VS, soldier of LRRP seated in copter in flight. Air-to-Air of UH-1Ds in flight. Soldiers get off copter at completion of mission. They relax; some drink beer from a can. Soldiers of LRRP team seated in UH-1D in flight. From hovering copter as soldiers drop to the ground and run for cover of the jungle. VS, American soldiers and Montagnard soldiers standing in formation by tents. Sgt calls the roll. Officer calls names. American Sgt wih Hawkeye team. (A Hawkeye team is an LRRP consisting of one American soldier and four Montagnards.) They are readying their gear. Sign over entrance to compound "Recondas." UH-1D lands and takes off from clearing. CH-47 lands at base camp. Soldiers go aboard and the copter takes off. Empty ammunition truck driving through mud. VS, M-110 SP 8-inch How in sandbagged position. CU, stack of How shells. CUs, barrel of M-110. HS, looking along barrel of M-110 (excellent). M-48 tank firing MG. VS, 105mm How in sandbagged emplacement. Sunset in background. LRRP team leaves tent after briefing. Team enters compound passing under Recondo sign. LRRP team readying their gear for patrol; tents in background. Soldiers enter mess tent. They carry food from the tent to sandbagged emplacement. VS, soldiers sitting on sandbags and eating before start of mission. Travel shots from behind tank commander on M-48 tank of other M-48s travelling on dirt road. AV, smoke rising from jungle. Soldiers loading gear into UH-1D. UH-1D lands. Supplies are unloaded. VS, soldiers load dead into UH-1D. The copter takes off. Travel shots of M-48s on dirt road, crossing grassy fields and approaching village. Soldiers enter and search a Montagnard village. Soldiers climb atop M-48. Shot from M-48 as it leaves village. Soldier throws grenade into tunnel.

Metadata

Title: OPERATION FRANCIS MARION (4TH INFANTRY DIVISION), NORTH OF PLEIKU, SOUTH VIETNAM

Format:

Clean of Graphics: Yes

Type: B-Roll

Subject(s): Vietnam

Public Broadcasting Station or Institution: Public Domain

Original Broadcast/Publish Date: 01/01/1967

Runtime: 00:24:17

Main Asset File Size: 8.99 GB

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