R2 of 3 continued...
Aggressor force troops alongside ambulances, trucks, etc. moving out, thru woods ambushed by 82nd AB; fighting along dirt road firing machine guns, rifles, 82nd taking prisoners.
03:12:02 101st AB w/ paratroops boarding planes & moving jeeps. Planes taking off, cock-pit shots & ground shots of planes. Paratroops & equipment out of plane, descending & landing; marching off.
03:14:46 Officers at map; Gen Trapnell & Gen Curtis LeMay observing.
03:15:16 Umpires meeting w/ opposing forces for briefing, alongside jeep & road. Soldier testing water supply w/ kit; troops in camp in woods eating, nurses & medical tents, ambulances. Treat injured.
03:16:28 Chaplain conducting service; Catholic Chaplain saying Mass. Others.
03:17:06 Map w/ units shown. 82nd AB troops move out on foot, jeeps down back roads, on highway w/ convoy. Large transportable missile sections towed w/ infantry.
Military Training; Army; Air Force; 1961
NOTE: The original release sheet reads: Recently ...Exercise Swiftstrike ...a maneuver serving many purposes, was conducted in North and South Carolina. This week's THE BIG PICTURE cameras take you to three fictitious nations created for this particular exercise. In this maneuver the largest airborne operation ever organized in peacetime is undertaken, utilizing the capabilities of the 82nd and 101st Airborne Divisions. These two ready forces of the Strike Command are pitted against each other in a realistic test of readiness and striking power.
Exercise Swiftstrike offers an excellent opportunity to measure how well a unified command can operate in a dual service effort for our nation's defense.
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R2 of 3 continued... Aggressor force troops alongside ambulances, trucks, etc. moving out, thru woods ambushed by 82nd AB; fighting along dirt road firing machine guns, rifles, 82nd taking prisoners. 03:12:02 101st AB w/ paratroops boarding planes & moving jeeps. Planes taking off, cock-pit shots & ground shots of planes. Paratroops & equipment out of plane, descending & landing; marching off. 03:14:46 Officers at map; Gen Trapnell & Gen Curtis LeMay observing. 03:15:16 Umpires meeting w/ opposing forces for briefing, alongside jeep & road. Soldier testing water supply w/ kit; troops in camp in woods eating, nurses & medical tents, ambulances. Treat injured. 03:16:28 Chaplain conducting service; Catholic Chaplain saying Mass. Others. 03:17:06 Map w/ units shown. 82nd AB troops move out on foot, jeeps down back roads, on highway w/ convoy. Large transportable missile sections towed w/ infantry. Military Training; Army; Air Force; 1961 NOTE: The original release sheet reads: Recently ...Exercise Swiftstrike ...a maneuver serving many purposes, was conducted in North and South Carolina. This week's THE BIG PICTURE cameras take you to three fictitious nations created for this particular exercise. In this maneuver the largest airborne operation ever organized in peacetime is undertaken, utilizing the capabilities of the 82nd and 101st Airborne Divisions. These two ready forces of the Strike Command are pitted against each other in a realistic test of readiness and striking power. Exercise Swiftstrike offers an excellent opportunity to measure how well a unified command can operate in a dual service effort for our nation's defense.