Battlezone: The Vietnam War
Season 2 Episode 6 - The Battle
Combat footage focused on Operation Piranha, carried out against the Viet Cong. Planning and execution of the operation. Marines exercising "across the beach" landing techniques.
Subtitles: English
Directed by:U.S. Army Camera Crew
Season 2
S02:E01 - Beans, Bullets, and Black Oil
Replenishment-at-sea in the Gulf of Tonkin. The Navy’s system of supplying ships at sea, vertical replenishment by helicopter.
S02:E02 - Another Day of War
United States Air Force duties, procedures and missions on one day of the Vietnam War in 1967.
S02:E03 - Code of Conduct
United States P.O.W.'s released in the Vietnamese War discuss the meaning of the Code of Conduct and what it means for them.
S02:E04 - For Thou Art With Me
The role of the Chaplain in Vietnam.
S02:E05 - Marines '66
Summary of US Marine Corps activities in Vietnam in 1966.
S02:E06 - The Battle
Combat footage focused on Operation Piranha, carried out against the Viet Cong. Planning and execution of the operation. Marines exercising "across the beach" landing techniques.
S02:E07 - Big Picture: First Cavalry Division (Airmobile) in Vietnam
The story of how air mobility is helping the first air cavalry, the "first team," win the battle for freedom in Southeast Asia.
S02:E08 - The Fourth Infantry Division in Vietnam
Tells the story of the "Ivymen" in Vietnam, from their arrival in 1966 through the critical battle for Dak to in the Winter of 1968.
S02:E09 - 82nd Airborne Division
Traces the history of the "All American" 82nd Airborne, the First Army Airborne Division, in World War II, in Santo Domingo in 1965, and in Vietnam.
S02:E10 - Big Picture: Operation Montagnard
This film examines how the Montagnards (a primitive tribe living in the Vietnamese central highlands) were trained by the U.S. to defend their territories against the Viet Cong.
S02:E11 - The Sky Soldiers
The story of the 173rd Airborne Brigade in Vietnam; operations at Vung Tau and Bien Hoa, and operation "New Life,'' protecting the rice harvest for a hungry people.
S02:E12 - Vietnam Crucible
The program reports on the American soldier's activities in Vietnam. Presents both the military and civilian situation.
S02:E13 - The Gentle Hand
A look at the role of the US Medical teams in Vietnam.
S02:E14 - First Infantry Division in Vietnam
Chronicles the major battle actions of the "big red one" in Vietnam, as well as some of their civic action projects there.
S02:E15 - Full Blade
Civic action program being carried out by the Marine Corps in Vietnam. Marines guard Vietnamese farmers harvesting rice crops for the first time in many years.
S02:E16 - The Small Boat Navy
The development of small agile boats by the U.S. Navy in its fight against the Vietcong.
S02:E17 - The Twenty Five Hour Day
A film that explores the never ending nature of a day's battle in Vietnam.
S02:E18 - There Is a Way
"There Is a Way," celebrates a group of F-105 pilots as they pass their hundredth mission mark against the enemy of North Vietnamese. Follow the daily lives of the pilots.
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