The following is a short
but worthwhile video of some of the activities of Signalmen from the 36th
Signal Battalion, in one of the unit's Radio Relay vans. Originally shot by
1LT Ted Acheson, DASPO (Department of the Army Special Photo Office), the
footage was turned into a short movie by 1LT Paul Berkowitz, of the 221st
Signal Company (Pictorial). Lt. Berkowitz took the time to edit the film by
adding comments and background music, and then reassembling it in the movie
you see here. As Lt. Berkowitz commented in his notes to the video "It was
shot by the book and nicely done to cover a boring, routine but vital
subject. Ted, or someone, had good captions to go with it so even 46 years
later I could make sense of it. Lots of us had assignments like this. But
was it ever actually used anywhere?" The video is 2:26 minutes in length. It is
one of our best, as it shows the people and equipment that kept the troops
in the Vietnam War talking.
-- Length
00:02:26 minutes
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Video courtesy Ted Acheson for shooting the story, Paul Berkowitz
for editing it
and especially Don Fedynak for bringing it
to our attention.
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