[11:01:17.29] hand being bandaged, soldier talking directly to camera, arm being bandaged

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1 Project Name: Vietnam War Stories Tape/File # WCNAM A11 25th DIV, Jolly Green Transcription Date: 10/1/09 Transcriber Name: Donna Crane Keywords: helicopter rescue of injured soldier, aerial views of explosions, smoke marker, helicopters flying, helicopter crew inside helicopter, gunner shooting, tethered plane, "Capt. Gerald Lawrence August 20, 1972", health care for Vietnamese, reconstruction, US Army Headquarters 25h Infantry Division Tropic Lightning, Schofield Barracks, Hawaii, graphic-oahu, line drawn from Honolulu to Vang Tau, South Vietnam, Gen. Westmoreland, graphic of Hawaii to Pleiku, Operation Blue Light, Ku Chi street, Operation Garfield, graphic of map with arrow going from Pleiku to Ban Me Thout, Operation Kahuku, Michelin Rubber Plantation, April 29, 1966, ship in river, Vang Tau, 25th Inf Div Band, awards ceremony, Brig. Gen. Glen D. Walker, graphic of Vietnam with Pleiku and Plei Me area, animated graphic of gunfire, Operation Paul Revere, "Ambush Academy" sign, Major General Fred C. Weyland, scout dog training, Pacification festival, dropping leaflets, interrogating villagers, medics, Village of Huo Pieape (?)-7 miles NNW of Cu Chi,aerial view of Ab Noc Nyet (?) 10 miles east of Cu Chi Base, saber jets [11:00:50.24] spinning plane with airman holding a line [11:01:13.05] title-"all For One" [11:01:17.29] hand being bandaged, soldier talking directly to camera, arm being bandaged [11:01:38.22] lower third-"rescue Sqn. Commander "Jolly Greens"" talks to camera [11:01:50.16] flight crew transported in back of truck [11:01:52.05] various people talking directly into camera [11:03:21.18] camera's POW-- dropping through palm leaves, running through jungle, looking up through canopy [11:03:47.04] pointing on relief map, helicopter, helicopter crew getting prepared for take off--shots of helicopter blades, checking gun, lights

2 [11:04:23.26] pilot pushing button, foot on pedal, blades being set, pilot's face, instrument panel [11:04:45.03] hand moving levers, rotor moving, helicopter taxiing, pilot's hand on the thing you pull back to make it lift [11:05:17.17] helicopter in flight, looking out of open back of helicopter, inside the control tower, writing on board [11:05:28.22] plane flying in clouds, rescue control center--smiley face cup, hands writing, phone cord, CU of man [11:05:51.12] plane flying overhead, XCU guy's mouth, row of people on phones [11:06:06.12] soldier talking directly to camera [11:06:35.05] helicopter in air, aerial view of two helicopters and river below, pilot flying helicopter, instrument panel [11:07:00.24] helicopter flying, gunner setting up gun, plane flying below helicopter [11:07:14.08] planes flying through clouds, CU pilot [11:07:41.05] CU hand on controls, planes flying [11:07:54.04] plane dives, releases smoke, various planes flying [11:08:08.23] aerial view of smoke rising from ground, explosion, guns being shot from planes [11:08:34.05] planes flying [11:08:49.01] soldier talking directly to camera

3 [11:08:59.15] helicopter flying over vegetation, view through canopy, crew inside helicopter, [11:09:29.19] mountains with gun in FG, pilot, crewmen, helicopter hovering with orange smoke below [11:10:02.15] helicopter hovering, crew inside helicopter [11:10:23.08] soldier is hoisted down into brush, lands next to injured soldier [11:10:47.00] crew inside helicopter, gunner shooting, pilot, [11:11:11.12] plane flying, helicopter hovering, explosions on ground, gunner [11:11:33.23] plane flying, drops bombs, explosions, gunner shooting [11:11:48.11] bringing injured soldier up to helicopter-hovering in air, gunner shooting [11:12:27.12] pulling soldier into helicopter, pilot, helicopters flies out [11:12:48.20] inside helicopter, helicopter below, various shots of crew [11:13:10.22] helicopters flying [11:13:28.12] plane with tethers flying behind, helicopter, planes flying, [11:13:59.00] tethered plane, release, plane flies off, helicopter flying [11:14:19.19] group of soldiers on ground, helicopter on ground [11:14:28.02] cheering group welcomes injured soldier who climbs out of chopper [11:14:41.11]

4 lower third-"capt. Gerald Lawrence August 20, 1972" [11:14:47.21] Lawrence walks through crowd, celebrating, climbs into ambulance [11:15:05.13] "The Big Picture Produced for the Office of the Chief of Information by the Army Pictorial Center" [11:15:17.04] soldiers moving through field and jungle [11:15:34.09] medic providing health care to villagers, gives shot to young child [11:15:46.21] building being built by Vietnamese women, soldier looks on [11:16:00.25] woman soldier explaining oral and rectal thermometers to Vietnamese young ladies [11:16:19.04] Vietnamese men holding tree cutting saw, soldier looks on, soldier handing out clothing to group of Vietnamese, soldier helps child put shirt on, group of children holding distributed clothing [11:16:36.08] 25th Infantry division unloading supplies from boat, group of Vietnamese women by welcome sign, soldiers in transport truck [11:16:55.19] soldiers climbing into helicopter, helicopters take off, soldiers in battle [11:17:10.28] patch of the 25th-Tropic Lightning Division [11:17:16.00] "Ready to Strike" graphic over patch [11:17:25.17] cars outside base, "US Army Headquarters 25h Infantry Division Tropic Lightning" sign, Schofield Barracks, Hawaii sign, Macomb Gate sign, guard at gate salutes [11:17:45.28] training exercises--jeep driving away from camera, soldiers running with weapons, tank shooting, LS of soldier in prone position, vehicles moving, smoke in distance

5 [11:18:09.02] tank turns toward camera, moves forward, tank traveling on dirt road [11:18:16.26] deployment of troops, soldiers carrying packs, band playing, packing trucks, climbing on buses, buses moving out [11:18:36.20] soldiers getting off bus and climbing aboard a ship, soldiers being checked off, untying ship, ship at dock [11:18:51.18] graphic-oahu, line drawn from Honolulu to Vang Tau, South Vietnam [11:18:58.20] soldiers with duffels march by, soldier talking to Gen. Westmoreland, Vietnamese carrying a banner [11:19:11.22] Westmoreland talking to troops in truck,, transport trucks moving out, group of children looking on, Vietnamese soldier points [11:19:35.22] troop transport rolls by, helicopter flies over [11:19:46.10] graphic of Hawaii to Pleiku [11:19:54.20] plane takes off, soldiers in group, unloading jeep from plane [11:20:08.19] base, sign-"operation Blue Light", soldiers getting into formation [11:20:25.03] convoy of trucks and jeep, boat docking, soldiers disembarking, officers looking on, tank drives out of ship [11:20:41.00] Ku Chi street with tanks driving past [11:20:50.25] soldiers running to get on helicopter [11:20:59.07]

6 Operation Garfield, graphic of map with arrow going from Pleiku to Ban Me Thout [11:21:09.09] helicopters taking off, soldiers running from helicopter as it hovers near ground, soldier wading through marshy field, soldiers in jungle [11:21:35.14] soldiers checking out abandoned village hut, studying little pieces of paper, [11:21:58.25] soldier slices open bag, other bags being examined in BG, group of soldiers studying map [11:22:19.14] soldiers moving body, bandaging head of prisoner [11:22:31.28] helicopter takes off, platform on treetop, Vietnamese soldier picks up something from ground, sifts it through his fingers [11:22:52.29] enemy medical supplies and surgical equipment, unreadable sign, [11:23:12.05] Operation Kahuku around Ku Chi, tanks move across field, mortar fire in treed area [11:23:34.00] soldiers around overturned tank, soldiers walk through heavy brush, tank drives through jungle, soldiers moving through jungle at Michelin Rubber Plantation [11:24:03.17] tanks roll by, gunshots in jungle, soldiers bandage man's shoulder [11:24:24.09] shooting from tank, shooting into tunnel in ground, throwing roof off entrance to tunnel, US soldier emerges after checking out tunnel [11:24:37.18] handing ammo out of tunnel and throwing it into a pile of weapons, group of soldiers looking into tunnel [11:24:51.16] April 29, 1966, ship in river, soldiers disembarking at Vang Tau [11:25:05.16] band plays as soldiers walk by, CU of drum "25th Inf Div Band, US Army", soldier walk to helicopter with their gear, loading helicopter heading to Ku Chi

7 [11:25:17.20] soldier and villagers milling around in village, soldiers looking at building under construction, soldiers watch woman sifting rice, group of children, soldier handing something to children [11:25:48.27] awards ceremony thanking the Tropic Lightning, Vietnamese women hand soldiers papers, Brig. Gen. Glen D. Walker accepts award of a bell, shots of ceremony [11:26:16.19] soldiers in field with helicopters above [11:26:25.13] graphic of Vietnam with Pleiku and Plei Me area, animated graphic of gunfire, Operation Paul Revere [11:26:39.23] tanks rolling across field, soldiers crossing field, officers studying books [11:27:04.08] soldiers stand up and gather their weapons, helicopter taking off with crate hanging below [11:27:18.12] two soldiers carrying artillery with other soldiers looking on, setting up gun [11:27:27.05] aerial view of jungle with smoke rising, shooting across field, soldiers reloading and shooting howitzers [11:27:44.00] helicopter taking off, downed US helicopter, soldiers moving through jungle and across stream [11:28:07.14] soldiers trying to walk into dense jungle, moving along a path, walk past Vietnamese with baskets on their backs [11:28:21.16] "Ambush Academy" sign, soldiers being lectured to, soldier stands and points, soldier looks through night vision goggles, Vietnamese walking in field, soldier in sniper position [11:28:50.27]

8 "dead" Vietnamese on road with smoke in BG, soldiers run out of brush to disarm "dead soldier", Major General Fred C. Weyland talking to group, opening trap door in ground, soldier climbs out [11:29:11.26] soldiers walking with scout dogs, obedience training with dogs, dogs searching for enemy [11:29:58.27] soldier talks into loud speaker mic, Vietnamese walking across field, gathering of Vietnamese villagers, suspected Viet Cong soldiers with guns-pacification festival [11:30:33.12] groups of villagers, US soldiers sitting at a table, [11:30:50.03] interrogating villagers at table [11:31:25.05] villagers in roped off area in field, Vietnamese man gives information, hands out papers about psychological warfare [11:31:54.20] medic touching foot, cleaning leg, distributing clothing [11:32:31.26] group of Vietnamese walking across field, woman carrying duffle bag [11:32:40.26] helicopter hovering, flies off, shots from inside helicopter, dropping leaflets out of helicopter [11:33:13.10] leaflets fall to ground, leaflets thrown out of truck, kids pick them up, man reading leaflet, woman reading leaflet [11:33:46.08] soldiers and villagers walking down street, searching hiding places for Viet Cong, bomb blast to destroy hiding place [11:34:18.15] group of children, Village of Huo Pieape (?)-7 miles NNW of Cu Chi, soldier pulling bottles out of trunk [11:34:50.21] medic checking baby,

9 [11:35:03.05] talking to Vietnamese man and child, MS child [11:35:42.16] CU cleaning leg with cotton, talking to man and child [11:35:54.16] group of villagers looking on, medical supplies, medic gives out medicine, talks to child [11:36:18.14] reconstruction of building, machine being used to form brick, bricks laid out to dry [11:36:42.16] Captain Vinnen Loucks talks to camera [11:37:22.12] Vietnamese laying bricks, shoveling sand, shot of village street, digging trench, steam roller drives down street, carrying bricks [11:37:45.23] Captain Vinnen Loucks talks to camera [11:37:59.13] digging trench, filling basket, woman takes basket from hole, another woman takes it away, men digging [11:38:18.11] building masonry wall, group of Vietnamese milling around in street, [11:38:48.01] soldiers sitting on ground in front of helicopter, helicopter takes off, soldiers look at map [11:39:21.17] climbing aboard helicopter, helicopters take off, [11:39:48.02] aerial view of Ab Noc Nyet (?) 10 miles east of Cu Chi Base, [11:40:03.17] soldier looking into heavy brush, soldier with binoculars, helicopters in sky, soldiers in the grass, helicopter flying low [11:40:27.18] soldiers moving through field, explosion, soldier on phone, soldiers shooting, soldiers runs to pull injured soldier out of the way, gunfire

10 [11:41:09.22] soldier applies gauze to injured soldier, gunfire, soldiers moving through field [11:41:22.12] soldier gesturing, saber jets fly by, explosions, soldier helps injured soldier to sit [11:41:50.00] helicopter lands, soldiers get out, soldier on phone, helicopter takes off, shooting [11:42:16.24] moving through marshy ground, soldier rummages through knapsack, soldiers move through brush [11:42:43.09] truck rolls into village, villagers look on, unloading tables, tank rolls by behind soldier in shooting position [11:43:02.13] soldiers shooting, smoke, tossing grenade, explosion [11:43:10.28] "The Big Picture" [11:43:12.27] Tape ends