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Vietnam War - 1969 Combined Action Program (US Marine Corps & ARVN Popular Forces), 01-14Dec69

Reel Number: H1840-02

Color: Colour

Sound: SIL

Year / Date: 1969

Country: South Vietnam,Vietnam

Location: Chu Lai,Danang,Tam Ky,Truong,Xa

TC Begins: 03:20:14

TC Ends: 03:48:02

Duration: 00:27:48

Slate: 221st Sig Co. 01Dec. Danang. Int, Vietnamese instructor conducting language class for American marines at Combined Action Program HQ. Marines listening, talking (MOS), MCU manual. 03:22:17 LS beach & surf. Wall of the compound behind barbed wire, lookout tower. View over compound buildings from tower. LS towards village, kids on sandy road. 03:23:10 Surf w/ mountains in bg. Partially damaged building w/ village huts behind. 03:23:37 Pan beach to compound behind wall, Marine w/ rifle enters compound from beach up steps over wall. 03:24:14 Wall w/ sign: Vietnamese Language School. Road, Vietnamese on motorcycle past, waves. Main entrance w/ marines at guard station. Marine walks sentry. Signs. Inside base. 03:25:40 View from tower, men run to defensive positions during alert. CU silhouetted marine w/ surf behind. 03:26:38 Sign: Headquarters... in front of quonset hut. Combined Action Group HQ at Chu Lai, pan area, sandbagged barracks etc. 03:28:32 Int. Marines demonstrate, w/ marines as locals, the improper way to treat villagers when on patrol; roughly giving them shots / injections. 03:31:06 Slate: 05Dec. LS marine beneath entrance sign: Xa-Truong. Line of trucks w/ marines in back; beside trucks w/ targets & preparing for firing range. MS instructor w/ bullhorn on tower. 03:32:34 Marines fire M16 MGs. Check targets. 03:35:34 Instructor w/ marines firing M79 grenade launchers. Tank targets & explosions. 03:36:14 Firing M60 machine guns at tank targets; another marine feeding cartridge belt. More M79 firing. 03:38:05 Marine & ARVN PF / Popular Forces squad leader check map & plan patrol at Tam Ky. 03:38:42 Marines & PFs move out on patrol; scout dog & marine handler accompany. 03:40:03 Marines w/ M60 MG take up position in brush. Marine treats wounded Vietnamese woman; put on makeshift litter & carried away by villagers. LS, artillery rounds seen exploding across rice paddy. 03:41:59 Marines & PFs continue on patrol; walk on rice paddy dikes, in village. Dog and handler resting. 03:43:47 Marines fire M60 MG. 03:44:10 Patrol returns to village, marines take off gear. 03:45:00 Marines patrol on road; resting at roadside. PFs & marines cross rice paddies, make way thru brush; take cover at treeline & firing M60 machine gun. 03:46:52 PFs firing MG; search huts. 03:47:26 Destroyed hut. Marine examines captured Vietcong equipment. 01Dec67; 1967; Vietnam War Daily Life; Instruction; Training; Patrols; Patrolling; NOTE: Any continuous 13 minutes sold at per reel rate.

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