Vietnam War - Khe Sanh Combat Base Resupply & fighting, ca 23Feb68
View down empty red gravel road between tents, mountains & low clouds beyond. Another road, Mighty Mite jeep pulling trailer up w/ two marines arriving & into sandbagged. LS tank up road (soft). MS Soldiers walking in shoulder high trench, smoking; drink from canteen. CU.
10:35:53 Slate: illegible. Troops at base of sandbagged observation post. Four-motor C-130 plane parachuting supplies in low altitude drop. Men w/ binoculars & radio; others w/ binoculars behind sandbagged trench. Plane towards camera making parachute drop of supplies. Truck seen in distance around perimeter, soldiers in foreground.
10:37:36 F8 Crusader low level bomb drop & explosions very nearby. Multiple passes, napalm. GOOD.
10:38:26 Slate: illegible. Troops by sandbags, standing around 60mm mortar pit, one sighting, adjusting range. Supply drop seen by troops from in trench. Metal rods used as aiming sticks pounded in.
10:39:28 Eating C-rations. O-1E (?) spotter plane; multiple very low-level bombing run w/ prop plane A-1J. 10:40:55 Smoking craters or markers. Dive bombing & strafing A-1J Sky Raider w/ explosion seen.
10:41:12 Slate: illegible. Soldier w/ rifle in trench w/ CH53A helicopter in distance beyond w/ artillery in sling. GOOD.
10:41:53 Good explosion close; AF Skyhawk jet making passes & explosions seen over heads of marines.
10:42:51 Marines in trench w/ one firing M-14 rifle as another watches w/ binoculars. Smoke rising over field camp buildings. MS of bunker exploding as marines walk nearby; walking from trench. More explosions.
10:43:59 MCU Sign of B Co, 3rd Reconnaissance BN Swift, Deadly, Silent. Smoke beyond bldgs, marines running & walking.
10:44:32 Men in trench unpacking crates of ammo. Firing 3.5 rocket launcher (bazooka) from shoulder. Dark. Silhouette shot w/ troops holding ears while firing. (GOOD)
10:45:35 Slate: Khe Sanh Combat Base 23Feb68 (?). Troops firing .50 caliber machine gun from sandbagged position.
Marine Corp; 1968; 1960s;
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Vietnam War - Khe Sanh Combat Base Resupply & fighting, ca 23Feb68 View down empty red gravel road between tents, mountains & low clouds beyond. Another road, Mighty Mite jeep pulling trailer up w/ two marines arriving & into sandbagged. LS tank up road (soft). MS Soldiers walking in shoulder high trench, smoking; drink from canteen. CU. 10:35:53 Slate: illegible. Troops at base of sandbagged observation post. Four-motor C-130 plane parachuting supplies in low altitude drop. Men w/ binoculars & radio; others w/ binoculars behind sandbagged trench. Plane towards camera making parachute drop of supplies. Truck seen in distance around perimeter, soldiers in foreground. 10:37:36 F8 Crusader low level bomb drop & explosions very nearby. Multiple passes, napalm. GOOD. 10:38:26 Slate: illegible. Troops by sandbags, standing around 60mm mortar pit, one sighting, adjusting range. Supply drop seen by troops from in trench. Metal rods used as aiming sticks pounded in. 10:39:28 Eating C-rations. O-1E (?) spotter plane; multiple very low-level bombing run w/ prop plane A-1J. 10:40:55 Smoking craters or markers. Dive bombing & strafing A-1J Sky Raider w/ explosion seen. 10:41:12 Slate: illegible. Soldier w/ rifle in trench w/ CH53A helicopter in distance beyond w/ artillery in sling. GOOD. 10:41:53 Good explosion close; AF Skyhawk jet making passes & explosions seen over heads of marines. 10:42:51 Marines in trench w/ one firing M-14 rifle as another watches w/ binoculars. Smoke rising over field camp buildings. MS of bunker exploding as marines walk nearby; walking from trench. More explosions. 10:43:59 MCU Sign of B Co, 3rd Reconnaissance BN Swift, Deadly, Silent. Smoke beyond bldgs, marines running & walking. 10:44:32 Men in trench unpacking crates of ammo. Firing 3.5 rocket launcher (bazooka) from shoulder. Dark. Silhouette shot w/ troops holding ears while firing. (GOOD) 10:45:35 Slate: Khe Sanh Combat Base 23Feb68 (?). Troops firing .50 caliber machine gun from sandbagged position. Marine Corp; 1968; 1960s;