OPERATION SAN ANGELO (1ST BRIGADE, 101ST AIRBORNE DIVISION) SONG BE, SOUTH VIETNAM

Year Published: 1964

Creator: Department of Defense.

Format: 16mm/video file

Description: National Archives and Records AdministrationOPERATION SAN ANGELO (1ST BRIGADE, 101ST AIRBORNE DIVISION) SONG BE, SOUTH VIETNAMARC Identifier 31685 / Local Identifier 111-LC-52325 1968Department of Defense. Department of the Army. Office of the Deputy Chief of Staff for Operations. U.S. Army Audiovisual Center. (ca. 1974 - 05/15/1984). Silent. Soldiers approach and search houses of deserted French rubber plantation. Soldiers walk along trail. LS, explosion from grenade hits on bldg. Soldiers fire M-79 grenade launchers. Smoke from signal grenade. UH-1D copter lands. LTC Howard Danford, CO, 502 Abn Inf, and other officers inspect buildings of the French rubber plantation. Copter takes off. Flight of UH-1Bs comes in for landing. Shot from copter as it takes off from plantation and flies over rubber trees. Officer briefs squad leaders. Soldiers move out. Soldier speaks over radio. Soldiers cross single-log bridge over deep ditch. Each uses a pole to support himself. Soldiers walk along jungle trail and down embankment. Soldiers under cover at riverbank. Soldiers cross river as other men stand guard. Soldiers struggle up riverbank. Soldiers wade across another river. Soldiers search abandoned huts, check items in box. Soldiers walk on narrow path thru tall grass. Soldiers search wrecked huts and bunkers. Soldiers help each other up steep embankment.

Complete Record: National Archives and Records Administration OPERATION SAN ANGELO (1ST BRIGADE, 101ST AIRBORNE DIVISION) SONG BE, SOUTH VIETNAM ARC Identifier 31685 / Local Identifier 111-LC-52325 1968 Department of Defense. Department of the Army. Office of the Deputy Chief of Staff for Operations. U.S. Army Audiovisual Center. (ca. 1974 - 05/15/1984). Silent. Soldiers approach and search houses of deserted French rubber plantation. Soldiers walk along trail. LS, explosion from grenade hits on bldg. Soldiers fire M-79 grenade launchers. Smoke from signal grenade. UH-1D copter lands. LTC Howard Danford, CO, 502 Abn Inf, and other officers inspect buildings of the French rubber plantation. Copter takes off. Flight of UH-1Bs comes in for landing. Shot from copter as it takes off from plantation and flies over rubber trees. Officer briefs squad leaders. Soldiers move out. Soldier speaks over radio. Soldiers cross single-log bridge over deep ditch. Each uses a pole to support himself. Soldiers walk along jungle trail and down embankment. Soldiers under cover at riverbank. Soldiers cross river as other men stand guard. Soldiers struggle up riverbank. Soldiers wade across another river. Soldiers search abandoned huts, check items in box. Soldiers walk on narrow path thru tall grass. Soldiers search wrecked huts and bunkers. Soldiers help each other up steep embankment.