Vietnam War - Fighting 21-23Oct66; Fighting, Operation Chinook II, 21Feb67
Slate: 21Oct66. Wounded helped into rear door of helicopter in rice paddy. Soldiers carry wounded on tarp & load. LS men moving away from large helicopter; running off & taking off from rice paddy & flying over camera. (some soft focus).
Slate: 23Oct66 5 miles SW of An Hoi. Troops across rice paddy and into jungle. Talking & resting outside hut. Officers briefing men; look at map. Officer shakes hands & group leaves; to helicopter.
10:04:45 Men wading shallow river w/ rifles, 106mm recoiless rifle (?).
10:06:26 Slate: 21Feb Highland. Chinook II. Montagnards or ??? talking on trail, look at papers, billfold w/ pictures & money.
10:07:02 Soldiers out of woods, cross vegetable garden or ?? & village of thatched huts. Women & children standing while huts searched.
10:07:59 Men prone firing machine guns (dark). Troops walking, firing machine guns w/ cartridge belt held.
10:09:08 Slate: 21Feb67 Operation Chinook II. Camp w/ fire smoking; US soldiers lying, waiting. View of white smoke rising in near distance across rice fields. Men move up & set up mortar on edge of rice paddy. Making calculations w/ compass & map & radio. Firing rifles & mortars. Large explosions from bombs.
Fighting; 1966; 1967; 1960s US Military;
Cameraman is Osterman
Note: This was the area & time that Bernard Fall was killed by a mine.
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Vietnam War - Fighting 21-23Oct66; Fighting, Operation Chinook II, 21Feb67 Slate: 21Oct66. Wounded helped into rear door of helicopter in rice paddy. Soldiers carry wounded on tarp & load. LS men moving away from large helicopter; running off & taking off from rice paddy & flying over camera. (some soft focus). Slate: 23Oct66 5 miles SW of An Hoi. Troops across rice paddy and into jungle. Talking & resting outside hut. Officers briefing men; look at map. Officer shakes hands & group leaves; to helicopter. 10:04:45 Men wading shallow river w/ rifles, 106mm recoiless rifle (?). 10:06:26 Slate: 21Feb Highland. Chinook II. Montagnards or ??? talking on trail, look at papers, billfold w/ pictures & money. 10:07:02 Soldiers out of woods, cross vegetable garden or ?? & village of thatched huts. Women & children standing while huts searched. 10:07:59 Men prone firing machine guns (dark). Troops walking, firing machine guns w/ cartridge belt held. 10:09:08 Slate: 21Feb67 Operation Chinook II. Camp w/ fire smoking; US soldiers lying, waiting. View of white smoke rising in near distance across rice fields. Men move up & set up mortar on edge of rice paddy. Making calculations w/ compass & map & radio. Firing rifles & mortars. Large explosions from bombs. Fighting; 1966; 1967; 1960s US Military; Cameraman is Osterman Note: This was the area & time that Bernard Fall was killed by a mine.