Attack On Da Nang, South Vietnam; Airmobile Firing Platform for 105mm Howitzer (06Dec67)

Attack On Da Nang, South Vietnam; Airmobile Firing Platform for 105mm Howitzer (06Dec67) Color DaNang, South Vietnam Wounded civilians brought into hotel lobby for treatment by US medics; several kids on stretcher. Crying & distraught parents. Ambulance arrives. 12:10:52 Suspected Vietcong, mostly women lined up & lead away, many wounded & bandaged. Bodies of dead North Vietnam soldiers. Heavily damaged Ch-46 marine helicopter; damaged U-6 Beaver w/ many bullet holes. UH-1D w/ tail shot away & most windows shot out. CU. 12:12:03 More of hotel lobby & treating wounded. US military confer w/ Viet civilians. 12:13:09 Dead North Vietnam soldiers, dragged away by ropes. One badly burned, others apparently beaten. Display of captured weapons. 12:14:14 06Dec67 105mm Howitzers on 24 ft square platforms near shore 30 km SW of Saigon. US & ARVN troops (Battery B, 2nd Battalion, 4th Artillery, 9th Infantry Division) run onto & prepare for firing. Man on phone gets coordinates, barrel raised & fired several times. Huts & village w/ church (?) seen in background. Vietnam War; Horrors of War; Atrocities;