U S Armys 1st Air Cavalry Division Conducts Massive Air Assault in South VietnamOctober 20 1967

(This film is silent)

(Official U. S. Army Film Released by the Department of Defense)
U. S. ARMY'S 1st AIR CAVALRY DIVISION CONDUCTS MASSIVE AIR ASSAULT IN
SOUTH VIETNAM

Item Local Identifier: 111 DD 317-67
Series National Archives Identifier: 559663
Series Local Identifier: 111-DD
https://catalog.archives.gov/id/559663

Creator(s): Department of Defense. Department of the Army. Office of the Chief Signal Officer.

Series: Filmed News Releases, ca. 1951 - ca. 1964

From: Record Group 111: Records of the Office of the Chief Signal Officer, 1860 - 1985

The creator compiled or maintained the series between:ca. 1951 - ca. 1964

Arrangement:Arranged numerically by Department of Defense release number.

Scope & Content: This series contains motion picture films and video recordings covering military combat (including the Korean Conflict and the Vietnam War), military awards, and military training and education.

Contact(s):
National Archives at College Park - Motion Pictures (RDSM)
National Archives at College Park
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College Park, MD 20740-6001
Phone: 301-837-3540
Email: [email protected]

October 20, 1967

During a recent operation, units of the U. S. Army's 1st Air Cavalry Division, based at An Khe, South Vietnam, conducted a massive air assault on positions near the South China Sea.

Considerable coordination is involved in employing the air mobility concept,
including the use of artillery, observation helicopters, UH-1 "Huey" "Gun Ships" armed with rockets and machine guns, and CH-47 "Chinook" and "Huey" "Slick Ship" unarmed, troop- carrying helicopters .

Troops board "Huey" helicopters bound for the battle area.

Aerial rocket artillery softens up landing zones (LZ) where the troop- carrying helicopters will unload their passengers .

"Huey" "Gun Ships", fly with the troop carrying "Slick Ships" to provide protection and serve as a form of aerial artillery. CH-47 "Chinook" twin-rotorchoppers, which also carry airborne cavalrymen, fly in formation with the "Hueys ". The "Chinooks ", often called the workhorse of the infantry, are heavy cargo helicopters used primarily in resupply operations . For this mission, they carry soldiers .

After the landing zones have been saturated with aerial rockets from the "GunShips", the helicopters land, off-load troops, and depart rapidly.

Some of the choppers land on a small plateau, others on a hilltop beside the
ocean, and others on the beach itself.

The soldiers quickly move out from the helicopters into positions around the
landing zone to defend it in case of enemy opposition in the operation.

Thanks to the helicopter, men and equipment can be moved quickly and precisely into selected battle positions . Helicopter air mobility has proved an important factor in the type of tactics employed by American forces in Vietnam.

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