Vietnam War - 1970, Marine Rifle Platoon Patrolling Charlie Ridge, 18-27Apr70
Slate: illegible. Marines thru tall bamboo jungle foliage, searching for ??. CU feet. Resting, smoking. On trail. MCU Vietcong campsite under rocks. Patrol beside stream & along large boulders; on ridge & down along stream & banana plant. Checking compass, resting.
16:50:30 Past tree stumps on ridge line. Descending in bamboo & heavy foliage on hillside. Crossing steam.
Slate: 22Apr70. Camera, Charlie Ridge. Marine sleeping on ground under log. Others resting, smoking. MCUs. Black marine taking still pictures. CUs
16:53:27 Patrol sitting on edge of bomb crater , forest behind.
16:54:14 Slate: 27Apr70. Camera: Henderson. Happy Valley. MCU Black marine w/ M202 FLASH, shoulder held four tubes / barrels for M74 rockets. Firing. Troops to where it hit, smoking. Firing rifle, grenades .
16:55:33 M202 fired, explosions of fire on hillside bursting.
16:55:54 CH-47 helicopter overhead landing at base of hillside, marines boarding.
16:56:24 Slate: 23Apr70 Charlie Ridge. CU boot, pan along poncho covered Marine. MCU marine eating w/ hammock behind, cooking dehydrated rations on sterno-type stove. Marine cleaning rifle; radioman on field telephone. Gathering ground cloth, looking at arms for bug / insects / ticks. CU stirring food in can & eating.
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Vietnam War - 1970, Marine Rifle Platoon Patrolling Charlie Ridge, 18-27Apr70 Slate: illegible. Marines thru tall bamboo jungle foliage, searching for ??. CU feet. Resting, smoking. On trail. MCU Vietcong campsite under rocks. Patrol beside stream & along large boulders; on ridge & down along stream & banana plant. Checking compass, resting. 16:50:30 Past tree stumps on ridge line. Descending in bamboo & heavy foliage on hillside. Crossing steam. Slate: 22Apr70. Camera, Charlie Ridge. Marine sleeping on ground under log. Others resting, smoking. MCUs. Black marine taking still pictures. CUs 16:53:27 Patrol sitting on edge of bomb crater , forest behind. 16:54:14 Slate: 27Apr70. Camera: Henderson. Happy Valley. MCU Black marine w/ M202 FLASH, shoulder held four tubes / barrels for M74 rockets. Firing. Troops to where it hit, smoking. Firing rifle, grenades . 16:55:33 M202 fired, explosions of fire on hillside bursting. 16:55:54 CH-47 helicopter overhead landing at base of hillside, marines boarding. 16:56:24 Slate: 23Apr70 Charlie Ridge. CU boot, pan along poncho covered Marine. MCU marine eating w/ hammock behind, cooking dehydrated rations on sterno-type stove. Marine cleaning rifle; radioman on field telephone. Gathering ground cloth, looking at arms for bug / insects / ticks. CU stirring food in can & eating. Marine Rifle Platoon; Military Weapons; Fighting; Battle; Daily Life;