USMC 103843: TRAEX III on Vieques, 1953

Item Description
Title
USMC 103843: TRAEX III on Vieques, 1953

Citation information
USMC 103843: TRAEX III on Vieques, 1953. (2D-16-184; R-1-1.) United States Marine Corps Film Repository. Moving Image Research Collections. University of South Carolina.

USMC History Division inventory no
01/807

Marine Corps Library Number
2383-16

Additional identifiers
2D-16-184; R-1-1

MIRC inventory no.
USMC 103843

Decade
1950

Date
1953-02-27

Description
TRAEX III on Vieques on February 27 and March 17, 1953. Marines advance across terrain and assault "enemy" positions. Marines on the Red Team, wearing foreign camouflage covers and red patches, fire machine guns and retreat. HRS-1 helicopters of HMR-263 and HMR-262 unload troops and supplies in an open field. Marines on the enemy team assault Marines surrounding an M4A3 tank. Marines attend to wounded. Marines, Marine officers, and naval officers listen to Brigadier General George F. Good Jr., an unidentified Brigadier General, officers from the enemy team, Major General Randolph M. Pate, and Lieutenant General Graves B. Erskine speak about the exercise. Aboard the USS Botetourt, Marines clean weapons and undergo inspection. Marines and sailors on liberty in Puerto Rico. Marines disembark a LCVP and board the USS Botetourt. LVTA-4s land on the beach. Marines storm the beach and dig foxholes. Marines known to be in the film: C. P. Meyer. Ships featured in the film: USS Botetourt (APA-136), LSU-524. Content related to USMC 103822.

Location(s)
Vieques (P.R.)

Camera crew
V. Ashoff

Producing entity
United States Marine Corps (Production unit)

Genre
Documentary

Film date (note)
Filmed on February 27 and March 17, 1953.

Division
2nd Division


Air Wing
2nd MAW


Air Group
MAG-26


Squadron
HMR-263
HMR-262


Item collection
United States Marine Corps Film Repository

Original color
Color

Original audio
Silent

Original gauge
Film: 16mm

Original generation
Reversal: Positive

Original physical length
398

Original aspect ratio
1.37:1 (Academy)

Original media type
Motion pictures (visual works)

Language
English

Contributing organization
University of South Carolina. Moving Image Research Collections


Digital collection name
United States Marine Corps Films


Rights information
Public domain.

Digital media type
Moving Image

Date digital file created
4/15/2021

Digitization information
High definition access copy derived from a scan of a film original on a Digital Vision Goldeneye.

Digital runtime
11:04

Digital file type
video/H264

Keywords
Korean War