Pages

0

Media Type

Moving Image

Physical Location

I005.0

Number of Media

1

Language(s)

English

Format

16mm

Time - Hr:Min:Sec

10:49

Digitized in HD?

Yes

General Note

Color film of Operation Little Lift. Operation Little Lift was the relocation of an orphanage in Vietnam. Sikorski CH-54 Tarhe helicopter fitted with a "people pod." Film number DCS-200-25-68-TH. OR LR-3176, color timed PRT DCS-200-25-68-TH, P-87232822. See also 1390vi1633.

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Motion Picture Caption Sheet, DASPO Photo Team "C"
Cameramen: SP4 Charles W. Abbott ; SP4 John E. Sandri
Operation Little Lift was initiated by WO-3 William Powers, 273rd Aviation Company, Civic Action Officer, through weekly visits to the An Phuong Orphanage in Vung Tau. WO-3 Powers discussed the project with Father Que, head Priest of the orphanage.
The orphans from throughout the Mekong Delta, and along the Cambodia border, have been living under constant threat of the Viet Cong (VC) recruiters and kidnappers. The children were transported by water to Vinh Long and brought to Vung Tau aboard a CH-47 Chinook helicopter and a CH-54 Flying Crane (this is the only "People Pod" being utilized by the U.S. Army at present.)
The airlift was made by the 147th Aviation Support Helicopter Company and the 273rd Heavy Crane Company. Both companies are under the support of the 22nd Combat Support Battalion.
The footage depicts elements of the 53rd General Support Group aiding in the transportation of approx 65 Vietnamese children (orphans).
--[VNCA NOTE: Excerpted from Item# 13900106005, Chuck Abbott Collection, Department of the Army Special Photographic Office (DASPO).]