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Vietnam War - 1970, Marine Rifle Platoon Patrolling Charlie Ridge, 20-26Apr70

Reel Number: H1661-06

Color: Colour

Sound: SIL

Year / Date: 1968

Country: USA,Vietnam

Location: Charlie Ridge,Da Nang

TC Begins: 16:59:20

TC Ends: 17:09:36

Duration: 00:10:16

Vietnam War - 1970, Marine Rifle Platoon Patrolling Charlie Ridge, 20-26Apr70 Marines patrol w/ rifles & pistol hurry along large boulders beside small stream. MCU w/ machine gun, MG. Looking into cave beneath boulders; looking into jungle foliage. Crawl into cave. Watching. 17:02:08 Slate: 20Apr70. Marines resting by tree stumps in thin jungle on ridge. Vietnamese ARVNs playing cards on ground cloth. Marines writing notes in small notebook. MCUs. Look at map, smoking. W/ field telephone. Sniper w/ rifle & scope on rock, shooting / firing. Another looking w/ binoculars. 17:04:10 Marine w/ backpack field radio & others along trail in jungle on hillside; onto ridge. 17:04:50 26Apr70. Charlie Ridge. Marines shaving by stream w/ hand mirror. MCU. Bathing & washing hair & clothes in stream. CU Vietnamese shaving. 17:06:39 Camp & men in hammocks, smoking, cooking fire. Marine on field telephone. 17:07:21 Man on litter winched up vertically to helicopter (not seen) as Marines firing rifles & machine gun downhill from large rock or boulder. Looking over edge, explosion & smoke up. Looking into cave. Moving along boulders; throwing grenade into cave & explosion w/ much smoke. 17:09:02 Injured marine pulled out; others scramble up rocks. Marine Rifle Platoon; Military Weapons; Fighting; Battle; Daily Life; NOTE: GOOD action, color & footage.

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