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Combat Operations, Hoi An, South Vietnam
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National Archives and Records Administration Combat Operations, Hoi An, South Vietnam ARC Identifier 31781 / Local Identifier 111-LC-52531 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). 1ST BATTALION, 6TH INFANTRY, 198TH LIGHT INFANTRY BRIGADE, AMERICAL DIVISION. Soldiers resting at base camp. Officer checks map (soft focus). Soldier sharpens bayonet. ANother man is sleeping next to him. MS, CU, soldier sharpens bayonet. (He has a large flower on his helmet). Soldier checks field gear. Soldiers relaxing. MS, CU, soldier reads comics. Soldier in foxhole reads birthday card. CU, C-ration can being heated on sterno stove. Soldier reads newspaper. Soldiers move down slope to rice paddy. Flight of UH-1Ds lands. Soldiers board the copters and they fly off. Soldiers run thru rice paddy; take cover behind dikes and prepare to assault village of Nghi Hai. Soldiers round up villagers. CU, captured Chinese-made rockets found on woman in village. Women and children huddled against hut. Soldier searches grass roof of hut. Officer examines Vietcong weapons and equipment found in villag…
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