Vietnam War - Color, 1967: 11th Armored Cavalry Regt Air Support, War Zone C, Apr67
Slate: Operation Manhattan. USA tanks, Armored Personnel Carriers, & self-propelled 155mm howitzers of the 11th Armored Cavalry Regiment move up thru trees; across open dirt causeway & across bridge.
10:02:17 M-109 (155mm self-propelled) howitzer moving into firing position in completely destroyed area of brush & stumps. Backing into place.
10:03:10 Pan of artillery emplacements. Truck pulling trailer off road into artillery area.
10:04:10 Smoke from close air support bomb explosions & ELS of F-100 diving.
10:05:23 M-109 (SP) howitzers firing.
10:07:01 USA personnel getting rations at field kitchen.
10:07:44 Leader & NG.
10:08:20 Dead Viet Cong.
10:08:29 POV aboard M-113 Armored Personnel Carrier as Armored Personnel Carrier column enters jungle & crosses field.
10:09:35 Viet Cong base camp.
10:10;25 Dead Viet Cong.
10:10:30 Smoke from close air support bomb explosions.
Vietnam War; Apr67; 1967;
Note: Operation Manhattan was a clearing operation, the 3rd, following CEDAR FALLS (a clearing operation), and JUNCTION CITY (a search & destroy operation). Op. Manhattan used elements of the 1st & 25th Inf. Division, the 11th Armored Cavalry, & ARVN forces conducted clearing operations in the Long Nguyen base area north of the previously cleared Iron Triangle.
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Vietnam War - Color, 1967: 11th Armored Cavalry Regt Air Support, War Zone C, Apr67 Slate: Operation Manhattan. USA tanks, Armored Personnel Carriers, & self-propelled 155mm howitzers of the 11th Armored Cavalry Regiment move up thru trees; across open dirt causeway & across bridge. 10:02:17 M-109 (155mm self-propelled) howitzer moving into firing position in completely destroyed area of brush & stumps. Backing into place. 10:03:10 Pan of artillery emplacements. Truck pulling trailer off road into artillery area. 10:04:10 Smoke from close air support bomb explosions & ELS of F-100 diving. 10:05:23 M-109 (SP) howitzers firing. 10:07:01 USA personnel getting rations at field kitchen. 10:07:44 Leader & NG. 10:08:20 Dead Viet Cong. 10:08:29 POV aboard M-113 Armored Personnel Carrier as Armored Personnel Carrier column enters jungle & crosses field. 10:09:35 Viet Cong base camp. 10:10;25 Dead Viet Cong. 10:10:30 Smoke from close air support bomb explosions. Vietnam War; Apr67; 1967; Note: Operation Manhattan was a clearing operation, the 3rd, following CEDAR FALLS (a clearing operation), and JUNCTION CITY (a search & destroy operation). Op. Manhattan used elements of the 1st & 25th Inf. Division, the 11th Armored Cavalry, & ARVN forces conducted clearing operations in the Long Nguyen base area north of the previously cleared Iron Triangle.