Vietnam War - Operation Long Reach, 1st Cav Div, Wounded & Dead Evacuated, Nov65

Vietnam War - Operation Long Reach, 1st Cav Div, Wounded & Dead Evacuated, Nov65 Slate. Soldiers resting, officer talking in shade to men. Medic removing wounded’s shirt & treating. 09:16:11 Slate. Bandaging wounded; giving injections. Officers on radio. 09:17:23 Slate. Wounded walked past camera; one carried w/ plasma. Helped to UH-1Ds in clearing & taking off. 09:18:34 Slate. Dead or wounded on tarp moved. Officer on radio. CU resting, smoking; on radio telephone; biting nails. GOOD. 09:19:44 Slate. Dead moved on tarp, placed w/ others in shade. Capt. Bob Carrara, BN surgeon performs tracheotomy on badly wounded. 09:20:52 Slate. More dead moved. (soft focus). Plasma given to wounded. Smoke from bomb beyond trees. Loading many dead into helicopters. Lifting off w/ dust. Vietnam; November 1965; 1960s; Horrors of War; Fighting Aftermath; Horrors of War; Pleiku Province; Note: Part of first major battle between US Forces & People’s Army of Vietnam (PAVN). 1st Cavalry Division received Presidential Unit Citation