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"YOUR ARMY REPORTS LOOKS BACK AT '66"
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GENERAL PATTON'S BIRTHDAY IS HONORED EACH YEAR IN LUXEMBOURG.
QUAINT ANCIENT BUILDINGS IN EDELBURG, LUXEMBOURG. LARGE CROWD GATHERS TO WATCH PARADE HONORING GENERAL PATTON. |
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ARMY SKY DIVERS SHOW THEIR SKILLS AS PART OF THE SHOW. HELICOPTERS PUT ON MOCK AIR ASSAULT
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| 00:04:14 159 |
REPRESENTATIVES OF LUXEMBOURG & U.S. SIT ON REVIEWING STAND AS TRIBUTE IS PAID PATTON BY MAYOR OF EDELBURG.
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MRS. PATRICIA ROBERT HARRIS, AMBASSADOR TO LUXEMBOURG, MAKES SPEECH UNDER UMBRELLA.
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MAYOR & AMBASSADOR PLACE WREATHS AT PATTON MEMORIAL.
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| 00:06:23 288 |
ARMY'S 1ST SERGEANT-MAJOR IS SWORN IN & HONORED.
PHOTO OF SERGEANT-MAJOR WILLIAM WOODRIDGE, 1ST SERGEANT MAJOR IN U.S. ARMY & CONSULTANT TO ARMY'S CHIEF OF STAFF ON MATTERS CONCERNING ENLISTED MEN. |
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WOOLRIDGE IS SWORN IN ON PENTAGON LAWN IN COLORFUL CEREMONY WHICH INCLUDE COLOR GUARD IN REVOLUTIONARY WAR UNIFORMS & MODERN HONOR GUARDS.
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| 00:07:03 328 |
ARMY CHIEF-OF-STAFF HAROLD K. JOHNSON SWEARS IN SERGEANT-MAJOR, WHO WAS SELECTED FROM LIST OF THOUSANDS.
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MRS. WOOLRIGE ASSISTS IN PINNING NEW INSIGNIA ON HUSBAND.
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SERGEANT WOOLRIDGE AND WIFE ARRIVE BY HELICOPTER IN BROWNWOOD, TEXAS TO BE GUEST OF HONOR IN TOWN THEY LEFT 25 YEARS BEFORE.
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FEMALE MEMBER OF FAMILY GIVES WOOLRIDGE BIG HUG.
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| 00:09:14 459 |
WOOLRIDGE IS GIVEN TYPICAL TEXAS HAT AT LUNCHEON IN HIS HONOR.
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SERGEANT-MAJOR WOOLRIDGE VISITS HOSPITAL & MEETS GIS WHO WERE WOUNDED IN VIETNAM.
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TEXAS NATIONAL GUARD BAND RIDES IN JEEPS 4 ABREAST & PLAY THEIR INSTRUMENT AS THEY ROLL. LATEST WEAPONS ARE FEATURED IN PARADE.
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| 00:12:11 636 |
PRESIDENT LBJ VISITS THE TROOPS PRESIDENT LBJ LANDS IN FORT CAMPBELL, KENTUCKY FOR VISIT TO 101ST AIRBORNE DIVISION. HE IS MET BY DIVISION COMMANDER MAJOR GENERAL BENJAMIN STERNBERG
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LBJ IS EXPLAINED WORKINGS OF HELICOPTER WITH HIM IS 1ST SERGEANT-MAJOR OF ARMY WOOLRIDGE & CHIEF OF STAFF GENERAL JOHNSON. LBJ SEES CAPTURED RED WEAPONS FROM VIETNAM.
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SITTING IN COVERED STANDS, LBJ WATCHES HELICOPTER AIR ASSAULT DEMONSTRATION IN FIELD. LBJ IS GIVEN OVATION AFTER MAKING SPEECH
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| 00:14:25 770 |
PRESIDENT LBJ, WIFE LADYBIRD & DAUGHTER LUCY, MEET SOME OF THE MEN AT FORT.
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| 00:15:18 823 |
TRAINING JUNGLE SOLDIER GIS PRACTICE KARATE MOVEMENTS SHOWN THEM BY INSTRUCTOR OUTDOORS. BLACK SERGEANT CORRECTS GIS ARM MOVEMENTS.
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SERGEANTS HOLDS DOWN SLOTH WHICH IS FOUND IN JUNGLE TREES.
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| 00:16:04 869 |
TWO INSTRUCTORS HAVE TO HOLD PYTHON AS ONE OF THEM TELLS STUDENTS HOW TO HANDLE IT.
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| 00:16:12 877 |
INSTRUCTOR SHOWS STUDENTS HOW TO SET ANIMAL TRAPS IN JUNGLES AND DETECT HUMAN TRAPS SET TO MAIM AND KILL.
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AS SOLDIERS PATROL THROUGH FIELD, "ENEMY" SOLDIERS POP UP OUT OF GROUND COVERS AND AMBUSH THEM.
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INSTRUCTOR PUTS ON A STRAW HAT WORN BY VIET CONG &
POPS OUT FROM BEHIND JUNGLE BRUSH IN AMBUSH OF 2 MAN PATROL |
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GI STRUGGLES AS HE CLIMBS STEEP HILL REQUIRING MOUNTAIN TRAINING SKILLS.
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| 00:19:05 1050 |
GI SLIDES DOWN ROPE AND PULLEY, STRETCHED ACROSS RIVER.
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| 00:19:29 1074 |
MONTAGE GIS SEARCH THROUGH MOCK-UP OF VILLAGE DURING SEARCH AND DESTROY EXERCISE.
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MAJOR GENERAL J. D. ALGER, HEAD OF ARMY FORCES SOUTHERN COMMAND CONGRATULATES EACH & EVERY GRADUATE OF SCHOOL
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| 00:20:30 1135 |
ARMY ACTIVITIES IN VIETNAM ACTOR JOHN WAYNE VISITS TROOPS IN PLEIKU DURING OPERATION "PAUL REVERE". JOHN WAYNE, SANS WIG, ARRIVES AT 101ST AIRBORNE FORWARD BASED CAMP IN VIETNAM TO VISIT TROOPS. SOLDIERS GATHER AROUND HIM TO GET HIS AUTOGRAPH. WAYNE LAUGHS HEARTILY WITH THE GIS
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NATIVE GIRLS PERFORM DELICATE NATIVE DANCE FOR 101ST AIRBORNE BRIGADE. MEN BEAT ON STEEL DRUM WHICH LOOK LIKE GARBAGE CAN COVERS.
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PRETTY NATIVE GIRL PLACES LEI AROUND GI'S NECK.
OTHER GIRLS ACT FLIRTY TOWARDS BLACK & WHITE GIS. GIS ARE GIVEN BOTTLES OF POP AS THEY MARCH OFF DOWN ROAD. |
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HUGE HELICOPTER KICKS UP WIND STORM BELOW AS IT LANDS IN CENTRAL HIGHLANDS DURING OPERATION "PAUL REVERE".
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MONTAGE GI WITH PHONE TO HIS EAR RAISES HAND TO SIGNAL AN ARTILLERY BARRAGE. GUN CREWS FIRE REPEATEDLY TO HIS GESTURES.
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| 00:24:41 1386 |
GIS LOAD CRATES WITH SUPPLIES ONTO HELICOPTER.
FOR DELIVERY TO AREA JUST BOMBARDED. HELICOPTERS SKIM TREES AS THEY COME IN FOR LANDING. |
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GIS DELIVER CLOTHING TO CHILDREN IN VIET VILLAGE.
GI PUTS SHIRT ON LITTLE BOY. MEN & WOMEN RUMMAGE THROUGH CLOTHING DELIVERED BY GIS. |
| 00:26:01 1466 |
CU GI MEDIC DABS A WOUND ON BARE-CHESTED WOMAN'S LEG AS CHILDREN WAIT ON LINE TO BE TREATED. MEDIC TREATS LITTLE BOY'S HAND.
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BLACK GI DOCTOR TREATS CHILD HELD IN MOTHER'S ARMS
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COLORFUL MONTEGNARD TRIBESMEN LINE UP MILITARY FASHION AT MILITARY AWARD CEREMONY IN PLEIKU.
COLORFULLY CLAD TRIBESWOMEN ALSO LINE UP IN MILITARY FASHION. |
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VIETNAMESE GENERAL PLACES VIETNAM MEDALS ON CHESTS OF GIS FOR GALLANTRY IN BATTLE.
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