These extraordinary Super 8mm home movies from the Vietnam War, come from a member of the “Ravens”. The Raven Forward Air Controllers were pilots used for forward air control by the Central Intelligence Agency. This film focuses on 1968. (00:00:00) Kim Chi with friends walking down street in Tuy Hoa, Viet-Nam. (00:00:31) American soldiers on Personnel Carrier in Tuy Hoa valley. (00:00:39) U.S. Army command post in Tuy Hoa valley. (00:01:00) U.S. Army on Personnel Carrier. (00:01:08) U.S. Army soldier medic caring for a Vietnamese child. (00:01:31) U.S. Army Huey Helicopter landing in Tuy Hoa valley as food for Thanksgiving meal is unloaded. (00:01:48) Army command post. (00:02:31) Soldiers lined up for prayer before Thanksgiving dinner. (00:02:39) Thanksgiving dinner. (00:02:59) Vietnamese children walking with their food (00:04:11) U.S. Army LTG General Officer coming in on Huey helicopter. (00:05:06) Rock formation in Tuy Hoa valley a couple of miles from Army compound, around which Viet-Cong were watching. (00:05:19) Riding in jeep from Tuy Hoa MACV compound going to Tuy Hoa FAC “airfield”. Shows children along road going to “bathroom”. (00:05:51) PCP runway where the O-1’s were kept for the FACs (Forward Air Controllers). (00:06:06) Guard post at runway. (00:06:09) Ken Thompson, Herb 31 FAC, preparing O-1 for takeoff. (00:06:24) checking WP rockets (Willy-Pete rockets, white phosphorous) before flight. (00:06:34) friendly forces waiting to be airlifted into the field. (00:06:53) Smoke for helicopter landing. (00:07:00) Huey helicopter landing. (00:07:21) Herb 31 is in helicopter taking off to see enemy territory. (00:07:43) Flying over cemetery. (00:07:48) Anti-aircraft gun emplacements. (00:08:03) Enemy structure. (00:08:05) Door gunner firing on enemy structure. (00:08:12) Tracer rounds being shot (00:08:22) Returning to airfield as we fly low over Tuy Hoa valley. (00:08:39) Herb 31, leaning out door to film flying along ground-level. (00:09:07) Farmer with water buffalo plowing rice field. (00:09:10) RF/PF soldiers getting ready to go into field. (00:09:30) Troops flying to forward location. (00:09:57) Herb 31, me, with CAR-15 (a sawed-off M-16), and RF/PF troops getting ready to go on excursion. (00:10:22) 2 more Huey helicopters landing to pick up troops. (00:10:48) Chinook helicopter, Boeing CH-47, landing to pick up troops. (00:11:54) Smoke for wind direction for helicopter landing. (00:12:02) Helicopters taking off to return to base. (00:12:07) Huey helicopters in flight, in formation, returning to base (Tuy Hoa). (00:12:20) F-100 in flight. (Herb 31, me, was flying in another F-100 and took the film.) (00:12:34) F-4 firing rockets on marked target. (00:13:03) F-4 flying over target dropping bomb. (00:13:17) F-4 dropping bomb on target. (00:13:32) F-4 dropping bomb on target. (00:13:45) [Unknown] VIET-NAM: (00:14:04) Surveying target near Tuy Hoa, Viet-Nam. (00:14:17) F-100 coming in on target. (00:14:27) F-100 dropping napalm on target. [EXCELLENT FOOTAGE] (00:14:40) F-100 dropping 500# bomb on target. (00:15:13) 500# bomb blast on target. [Several bomb blasts.] (00:15:53) Close-up view of rice being laid out to dry on mountain side west of Tuy Hoa. Caves (black holes) can be seen where VC (Viet-Cong) were hiding. (00:16:45) Enemy is where cave is located. This reconnaissance, and the discovery of trench lines and bunkers built on the top of the mountain by the NVA resulted in Herb-31 declaring a “Tactical Emergency”. (00:17:52) Recon along the river showing enemy bunkers. (00:18:37) Results of bombing enemy targets. (00:19:43) Cobra Bell AH-1, landing at Tuy Hoa for operation against NVA. (00:20:07) Tuy Hoa Commander’s residence. (00:20:17) Just boats in the ocean near Tuy Hoa. (00:20:34) Establishing 7-battalion forces on mountain, preparing to attack the NVA (00:21:10) Sky Crane Helicopter. [EXCELLENT SHOT.] (00:21:32) Troops preparing base camp. (00:21:49) Flying to North Vietnamese Army target. (00:22:07) Chop Chi, the mountain in the background, overlooks Tuy Hoa. LAOS: (00:22:15) My crashed O-1, Birddog, in rice paddy, near Attapeu, Laos. (00:23:07) Following trail where I escaped to find an SGU to call in an Air America helicopter to evacuate me to PS-38 on the Bolavens Plateau, a military forward location. The soldiers were recognize as the “friendlies” because they were wearing orange scarfs. (00:23:47) The rice paddy where Air America picked up Herb-31, me. (00:24:04) Flash-back to crashed O-1. This film is part of the Periscope Film LLC archive, one of the largest historic military, transportation, and aviation stock footage collections in the USA. Entirely film backed, this material is available for licensing in 24p HD, 2k and 4k. For more information visit http://www.PeriscopeFilm.com