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Staff Film Report 66-28A (1966)

1966 · Newsreel · 20 min

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Staff Film Report 66-28A: the 25th Infantry Division's Operation Hawthorne in June 1966, Army construction, and the 82nd Airborne leaving Santo Domingo.

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June 1966 in Vietnam · Jilly9 · 2012-01-11

DAK TO - the 1st Brigade of the 101st Airborne was filmed June 20-25, 1966 during Operation Hawthorne. 101st Airborne civic action teams delivered food and clothing to Montagnard settlements. A helicopter lands in one of these villages and the goods are distributed. The tribal chief puts on a pair of overalls. A medical aid group also treats villagers. There are no doctors, so the villagers welcome the medics. Girls do a traditional Montagnard folk dance in gratitude. At Dak To on June 23, 1966 there is a victory celebration for the 101st. Commander Willard Pearson and commander of the ARVN…

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