Vietnam War: ARVN Rangers patrol in the U Minh Forest

This shows the 44th Vietnamese Ranger Battalion just after dawn at Ca Mau air strip in the Delta waiting to board CH-47 Chinook. The usual Army hurry up and wait. Vietnamese officer discussing the operation with American adviser. Faces of Vietnamese soldiers and equipment. Vietnamese troops board CH-47. Vietnamese troops disembark from CH-47. CH-47 takes off. Flight of UH-1Ds arriving at pick-up area. Vietnamese troops waiting.UH-1D in flight with troops aboard. Then, a long, wet slog with Vietnamese troops walking thru rice paddies and in deep water. Vietnamese officer checks map while another talks over field telephone. American adviser holding map, talking with Vietnamese soldiers. 21st ARVN Division troops and American soldiers walking in waist deep water and moving deeper into the U Minh forest. ARVN officer checks compass and map. ARVN soldier releasing red smoke flare signaling for re-supply helicopters. UH-1D unloads supplies and takes off. Filmed by Chris Jensen a photographer with the 221st Signal Company/Southeast Asia Pictorial Center. Camera was a 16 mm Filmo that was powered by a wind-up spring and used a 100-foot roll. No auto focus and no light meter. The Army felt its photogs should be able to guess. On this assignment he worked with still photographer Al Rockoff, also of the 221st.