Slate: 10May65 Black soldier cleaning tubes in Ontos, M50 light armored tracked anti-tank, parked at curb, crew cleaning six M40 106mm recoiless riles / guns w/ cleaning rods. CU gun barrel, rod w/ oily rag pushed into barrel, man working on top of tank in BG.
04:21:47 CU Two men push rod into barrel of gun. ECU Marine removing cleaning rod from barrel. ECU breech area of gun, cleaning rod pushed into far end toward FG, hand reaches in grabs rag from cleaning rod. Marine picking rag from breech of guns. Men cleaning & tearing apart rod; put it into back of tank.
04:23:32 CU Marines take smoke break, homes seen behind.
04:24:14 Slate: 11May65 MLS H, S, & C Company Headquarters, Marines in front. Marine flag set up near curb; MS Marines in camp.
04:24:52 MLS Marine camp tents under trees; vehicles of Transportation Department w/ jeeps, trucks, mighty mites etc parked.
04:25:46 MS & LS Man shaving next to LVTP-5, shaving gear on top of several cases of supplies. MS Camp, tents set among trees. MS Vehicles in transportation area. MS Mighty mites, mechanical mule, lined up. Marine working w/ vehicles; civilians seen standing around wall in BG in front of building talking.
Dominican Republic Civil War; US Interventions; Marine Daily Life; 1965;
NOTE: US Marines entered Santo Domingo 28Apr65, followed by 82nd AB Div. Intervention ended Sep66.
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Slate: 10May65 Black soldier cleaning tubes in Ontos, M50 light armored tracked anti-tank, parked at curb, crew cleaning six M40 106mm recoiless riles / guns w/ cleaning rods. CU gun barrel, rod w/ oily rag pushed into barrel, man working on top of tank in BG. 04:21:47 CU Two men push rod into barrel of gun. ECU Marine removing cleaning rod from barrel. ECU breech area of gun, cleaning rod pushed into far end toward FG, hand reaches in grabs rag from cleaning rod. Marine picking rag from breech of guns. Men cleaning & tearing apart rod; put it into back of tank. 04:23:32 CU Marines take smoke break, homes seen behind. 04:24:14 Slate: 11May65 MLS H, S, & C Company Headquarters, Marines in front. Marine flag set up near curb; MS Marines in camp. 04:24:52 MLS Marine camp tents under trees; vehicles of Transportation Department w/ jeeps, trucks, mighty mites etc parked. 04:25:46 MS & LS Man shaving next to LVTP-5, shaving gear on top of several cases of supplies. MS Camp, tents set among trees. MS Vehicles in transportation area. MS Mighty mites, mechanical mule, lined up. Marine working w/ vehicles; civilians seen standing around wall in BG in front of building talking. Dominican Republic Civil War; US Interventions; Marine Daily Life; 1965; NOTE: US Marines entered Santo Domingo 28Apr65, followed by 82nd AB Div. Intervention ended Sep66.