Disaster In Vietnam: Blast At Air Base Takes Heavy Toll
Disaster In Vietnam: Blast At Air Base Takes Heavy Toll
Pictures just released by the Defense Department reveal the extent of the disaster at the Bien Hoa airbase. A spontaneous bomb explosion set off a chain reaction as fully armed bombers go up in flame. Before the inferno subsided, 40 aircraft were destroyed. 27 servicemen dead. 103 injured. Meanwhile, government and United States soldiers move into the jungle around the provincial capital of Song Be, captured and held by Red Vietcong for six hours. They seek out the rebels who fled the city under heavy bombing attacks. Vietnam LS - Bomb exploding. Fire. MS - Destroyed planes and soldier giving hailing other soldiers. CU - Pilot getting into the cock pit of a plane. CU - A plane with it prop in motion and wings folded. CU - Different angles of airplane propellers in motion. LS - Debris all over the tarmac and planes lined up. CU - A plane that did not suffer a lot of damage being moved. MS - Hoses with water turned on putting out fires. LS - Burning planes and other service vehicles burning on the tarmacs. MS - A plane motor burning on the tarmac, destroyed cars and trucks. The remains of the planes burning. MS - Soldier hosing down what's left of a burned out plane. CU - An unexploded bomb laying on the tarmac. Destroyed planes and trucks and debris laying all over the tarmac. Aerial - The remains of a fire still burning and the black burnt out remains of a tarmac. Aerial - Remains of planes, trucks and cars, debris laying all over the tarmac. LS - A squadron of US Army helicopters. MS - Helicopters sitting on a tarmac. A platoon of soldiers holding assault riffles. CU - Vietnamese soldiers one is holding a box to house the phone and another Vietnamese soldier taking direction. MS - A soldier speaking on a walkie-talkie and another soldier pointing and giving direction. A platoon of soldiers walking towards the helicopters. MS - Helicopter rangers boarding on a helicopter. MS - The helicopter squadron air born.