Vietnam Operation Muscatine, ca 19-22Jan68; Mobile Riverene Force 06Feb68 Pt. 2 of 2
Soldier w/ radio backpack checks papers of Vietnamese woman, children watching. CU of papers. Two women sit on ground; villagers rounded up and troops search baskets as others watch w/ rifles.
18:30:40 US soldier in tunnel pulls out items & puts on ground. Pieces of clothing, bullets, etc. checked.
18:31:40 Soldier enters tunnel w/ knife, crawls.
18:32:15 Slate (illegible) Soldiers along trail past dead Viet Cong, entering wrecked & burned village. Pouring out rice. Women w/ children & old man walk w/ US soldier to assembly point.
18:33:31 Soldiers at tunnel entrance. Soldiers checking belongings as villagers sit on ground looking unhappy. Black.
18:35:09 Soldiers crouch & run thru jungle in search & clear mission. Pull dead Viet Cong from tunnel. Soldier searching dead VC.
18:35:53 06Feb68 Search & Clear Mission, Mobile Riverene Force (3rd BN, 60th Inf, 9th Inf. Div.) Mekong Delta Advancing on jungle village, crawling. GIs firing rifles from inside ATC on river (overexposed). Fire machine guns.
18:37:08 Soldiers behind hut; crawl along jungle floor. Move thru jungle. Firing M-60 machine gun MG. crawl along edge of field. Jungle w/ heavily damaged tree; smoke.
Vietnam War Fighting;
Participating in Operation Muscaine: 198th Lt Inf., Americal Div.
Note: Operation Muscatine is said to have lasted ten months. It included My Lai Massacre.
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Vietnam Operation Muscatine, ca 19-22Jan68; Mobile Riverene Force 06Feb68 Pt. 2 of 2 Soldier w/ radio backpack checks papers of Vietnamese woman, children watching. CU of papers. Two women sit on ground; villagers rounded up and troops search baskets as others watch w/ rifles. 18:30:40 US soldier in tunnel pulls out items & puts on ground. Pieces of clothing, bullets, etc. checked. 18:31:40 Soldier enters tunnel w/ knife, crawls. 18:32:15 Slate (illegible) Soldiers along trail past dead Viet Cong, entering wrecked & burned village. Pouring out rice. Women w/ children & old man walk w/ US soldier to assembly point. 18:33:31 Soldiers at tunnel entrance. Soldiers checking belongings as villagers sit on ground looking unhappy. Black. 18:35:09 Soldiers crouch & run thru jungle in search & clear mission. Pull dead Viet Cong from tunnel. Soldier searching dead VC. 18:35:53 06Feb68 Search & Clear Mission, Mobile Riverene Force (3rd BN, 60th Inf, 9th Inf. Div.) Mekong Delta Advancing on jungle village, crawling. GIs firing rifles from inside ATC on river (overexposed). Fire machine guns. 18:37:08 Soldiers behind hut; crawl along jungle floor. Move thru jungle. Firing M-60 machine gun MG. crawl along edge of field. Jungle w/ heavily damaged tree; smoke. Vietnam War Fighting; Participating in Operation Muscaine: 198th Lt Inf., Americal Div. Note: Operation Muscatine is said to have lasted ten months. It included My Lai Massacre.