USMC 103843: TRAEX III on Vieques, 1953

Description: 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