Vietnam - 1965| Movietone Moment | 16 June 2023

On this day in 1965, 21,000 U.S. troops were sent to Vietnam. Here is a British Movietone report from Operation Masher in 1966. “Operation Masher“, a combined American, South Vietnamese and South Korean assault against the Viet Cong. The death toll inflicted on the Viet Cong guerillas and North Vietnamese troops is one of the highest of the whole war and at least 700 are believed to have been killed. UP Copyright - Pan aircraft drops bomb, cloud of smoke rises above trees. MS USA soldier. CU another. BS two more soldiers by a tree. Pan aircraft flies over and drops bomb, cloud of smoke rises over trees. BS American troops move forward and drop for cover. MLS burning village. MS American soldier moves across field. MS American medics carry a stretcher across field. MS medics drag a wounded soldier into cover. LS bomb explodes in the middle of village. MS kids fleeing across a field. MS American soldier helps a mother and her child from a dug-out. MCU wounded soldier has his leg treated by a medic. MS another ditto. MS wounded soldiers lying in a trench smoking. MS mother and her children. CU Vietnamese boy. MS Vietnamese youth nursing his dead brother. ALSO ON CUTS TAPE 309 (VIETNAM COMPILATION) - IN: 01:33:25:00 - OUT: 01:34:50:00 Disclaimer: British Movietone is an historical collection. Any views and expressions within either the video or metadata of the collection are reproduced for historical accuracy and do not represent the opinions or editorial policies of the Associated Press. You can license this footage for commercial use through AP Archive - the story number is BM90754 Find out more about AP Archive: #Vietnam #war #ustroops Twitter: Facebook: Tumblr: ​​ Instagram: