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Date of Copyright
1966-01-16
Description
Original camera footage edited for broadcast for KNTV San Jose Channel 11 news. The accompanying script, read by the newscaster, provides details of the stories and completes the broadcast. Silent images of a U.S. Army helicopter, an Army prop plane, mechanic checking oil of plane, line of pilots at Army Aviation Section. This is followed by journalist statement to camera introducing his segment: "If anyone has any doubts as to the tremendous job that the army aviators are performing in Vietnam, then a visit to this aviation facility at Fort Ord would certainly dispel those doubts. For this 20 man unit is composed almost entirely of Vietnam veterans, an elite group of fliers with a record second to none. They have a combined total of over 7,000 hours in combat, with an average of over 450 combat missions. Under the command of Colonel Ted Devine, the section abounds with decoration: 12 Air Medals, 95 Oak Leaf Clusters, 2 Purple Hearts, 3 Bronze Stars and the Distinguished Flying Cross. I would like you to meet some..." According to script, this is part of a special on Vietnam fliers, introduced, "Some who have fought in Vietnam are now returning home to tell first hand what the war is like. Channel Eleven's Dennis Rowedder -- at Fort Ord -- talked with a group of pilots for their impressions." 1/16/66 A (more) (2 of 2) 352
Type
moving image
Format
Original 16mm film
Form/Genre
Television news programs
Extent
1 Reel of 1
Identifier
1983-68-352 casjhsj_000497
Language
English
Subject
Television stations Television broadcasting of news Nineteen sixties Vietnam War, 1961-1975 San Jose (Calif.)--Politics and government United States. Army Air Force Vietnam War, 1961-1975--Veterans--United States
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