Tunnel Rats / Operation Pershing
Tunnel Rats / Operation Pershing
Tunnel Rats-- Operation Pershing [2d Battalion, 8th Cavalry, 1st Brigade, 1st Cavalry Division]. 40 Miles Northeast of An Khe, the Bong Son plain in northern Binh Dinh Province, South Vietnam. U.S. Army troops of the 1st Cavalry (sky troopers) Division out on patrol to find and destroy tunnels used by North Vietnamese and Viet Cong forces.
Tunnel Rats / Operation Pershing
MS U.S. Army soldiers (African American & Caucasian) in jungle; three radio men with radio packs. MS two soldiers-- one black, one white, both smoking cigarettes and not wearing helmets-- leaning at tunnel entrance; one has Colt .45 Mk IV Series 70 Government model pistol, the other a M-16 assault rifle. MS soldiers helping young South Vietnamese man into semi-hidden tunnel (tunnel rat). MS African-American GI entering cave. MS Caucasian soldier, smoking cigarette, walking up incline with flamethrower. MSs soldiers standing outside caves, beside large rock cluster.
Tunnel Rats / Operation Pershing
MS South Vietnamese man in cave entrance, US Army GI crouched outside; both stop to use radios. MS S. Vietnamese tunnel rat & GI walking down rock cluster. MS GI leaning against rock with M-16 in hand. MS African American GI walking by cam, cigarette in mouth & M-16 in hand; a Caucasian GI with radio pack and M-16 peers into brush. MCU GI with "Nancy" scrawled onto helmet walking by cam. MSs soldiers marching up incline, trudging through brush. MS GIs entering cave, S. Vietnamese guide / informant watching. MCU Caucasian soldier wearing helmet, at rest. MS two soldier resting on hill, one cleaning M-16, the other talking on field radio.
Tunnel Rats / Operation Pershing
MSs white soldiers of 1st Cavalry Division crouched by tunnel entrance in field; MSs African American soldier climbing into tunnel, working way down; MSs soldiers lowering explosive canisters into tunnel; MCU homemade VC bomb; TLS large explosion on hilltop, Viet Cong tunnel being destroyed. MS soldier setting detonator charges to brick bar of C-4 plastic explosive.
Tunnel Rats / Operation Pershing
MS rock cave entrance. MSs Caucasian soldier crouched inside cave, using flashlight during inspection; a South Vietnamese guide (tunnel rat) joins him, takes flashlight and lead while GI readies M-16; soldier moves rock, climbs deeper into cave (note the crucifix around his neck); light flares appear toward end of reel.
Tunnel Rats / Operation Pershing
Aerials of tunnel complex in field after being destroyed by U.S. Army. Aerials villages. TLSs series of large explosions along overgrown hill (enemy tunnels being destroyed). MSs Caucasian U.S. Army soldiers crouched behind embankment in field, watching explosions; one hold field telephone. MS Caucasian 1st Cavalry soldier talking on field phone. MS two African-American soldiers walking up crevice in rock face, M-16 rifles in hand. MS fresh-faced Caucasian GI standing with M-16. TLS fire burning inside cave, soldiers watching outside. MS soldier standing guard behind rock overlooking valley. MSs soldiers descending rock cluster in jungle. MS white soldier crouched on rock overlooking suspected tunnel. MS white GI smoking cigarette, flamethrower fuel tanks strapped to back.