Vietnam War - Operation Long Reach, 1st Cav Div, Prisoners, Captured Weapons; Dead, 14-15Nov65

Vietnam War - Operation Long Reach, 1st Cav Div, Prisoners, Captured Weapons; Dead, 14-15Nov65 Slate: 15Nov65. Three blindfolded Vietcong prisoners on ground w/ hands tied behind back; GIs w/ M-14s guarding. Troops into woods w/ rifles at ready; thru light trees & brush. CUs Blacks & Whites tired, resting. Walking w/ rifles, dead vietcong. 09:09:55 Slate. Inspect captured Chinese 7.62 automatic weapons. 09:10:46 Clearing, soldiers crossing. Smoke rising from bottom of opposite hill. 09:10:56 Three blindfolded Viet Cong, helicopter backwash blowing grass. 09:11:05 Slate: 05Nov65 Nothing. 09:11:12 Slate: 14Nov65 Troops moving thru woods, light smoke, crouching, etc. Wounded walked in by two others. 09:12:17 Slate: 15Nov65 Several UH-1D helicopters in clearing, wounded helped out. Supply crates carried back, copter off. Officers speak over radio, w/ map talking. Dead moved on tarps into shade. 09:13:29 Slate: 15Nov65 Troops into edge of woods, slowly w/ rifles ready. Dead moved out of combat area. Soldiers resting in edge of clearing. Vietnam; November 1965; 1960s; Horrors of War; Fighting Aftermath; Horrors of War; Pleiku Province; Note: Part of first major battle between US Forces & People’s Army of Vietnam (PAVN). 1st Cavalry Division received Presidential Unit Citation