Media Type

Audio

Physical Location

Stacks D27.5F

Number of Media

1

Language(s)

English Vietnamese

Format

Cassette

Time - Hr:Min:Sec

00:28:49

Digitized in HD?

No

Format

Cassette

Time - Hr:Min:Sec

00:32:00

Digitized in HD?

No

General Note

Mixed cassette tape. The tape has popular Vietnamese music, recordings of news broadcasts, radio traffic, and cockpit recordings.

General Note

116au3922a

NOTE: removed roughly 3:15 of dead air from end of recording on side A.
NOTE: from case “Sounds from the War in Vietnam”

0:15 piano opening; female voice singing slow song in Vietnamese, accompanied by piano
1:02 The Sounds of Vietnam, announcer voice introduction; tape is composite of 7 tapes made in South Vietnam from Jun-Oct 1971
2:16 radio recording begins "flare bird";
5:21 second radio recording; male voices, faint; "no drill"
7:07 "gun 3 is ready"
7:39 a band playing and singing in Vietnamese;
8:27 radio shatter resumes; "drop 50 meters"; contact with people on the ground"; "scramble outta here" machine gun fire; Loach; giving orders; "Twilight 2-4";
10:20 band playing, man speaking Vietnamese; band plays "Be Kind to Your Web-Footed Friend";
11:27 radio chatter resumes; dog barking; radio chatter; "you got a flashlight"; "65-25"; "gun 3 is ready, one round"; "deposit Bravo Alpha";
13:36 man speaking Vietnamese, band begins to play;
15:57 radio chatter; "platoon one round deflection"; "platoon is clear to fire"; loud bang; "nine rounds" gunshots; "quadrant";
17:20 "platoon is clear to fire"; loud bang; "foxtrot" static; gunshots; "deflections raining down"; "quadrant 3 down"; loud steady gunfire; "blazing fire out there"; "gun 4"
20:14 female on radio speaking describing a woman named Sandra Klinger who is interested in being pen pals with someone in Vietnam;
21:07 music begins playing; upbeat electronic funk;
21:24 USO showtime announcement; music continues playing;
22:03 female voice speaking Vietnamese; folk music playing;
23:30 radio chatter; "it's going awful far away"; "I think he's lost"; "gun 3"; "deflection 5-2-4-2"; "gun 3 is ready";
25:46 female voice speaking Vietnamese; band begins to play; slow jazz sound; woman's voice singing in Vietnamese;
28:39 recording ends; dead air for remainder of tape;

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00:25 radio chatter; "drop this 50 meters"; "fire for effect"; "Twilight 2-4" "fire that target to the east"; "enemy personnel";
2:50 "movement about 100 meters in front of us"; "claymore"; "Twilight 2-4"; "flares on call"
5:20 drum roll, band begins to play;
5:36 male voice narrates; 101st Airborne Dance Band;
5:43 male voice on microphone; sounds of helicopter; crowd noises; bass guitar; synthesizer; guitar; feedback;
7:48 crude jokes from man on microphone;
8:09 "how does everyone like the army" wind; male voices; laughing; more jokes;
9:34 "we're gonna do two short songs for you"; man's voice singing; guitar playing;
9:55 man begins to sing, "We Gotta Get out of This Place" by The Animals.
10:39, music volume increases; guitar; drums, man singing;
12:28 heavy drumbeats; leading into performance of "Get Back" by The Beatles;
14:59 radio chatter; countdown; explosion; steady heavy gunfire; static;
16:19 female voice speaking Vietnamese;
16:37 band plays;
17:39 radio chatter; "locking and loading and junk";
19:18 jazzy music plays; female voice singing in Vietnamese;
20:57 "this is the voice of America"; radio program; music plays; male voice speaking Vietnamese and English;
23:07 "Yankee Doodle" plays;
23:41 radio chatter; "adjust those rounds"; static; feedback; "firecracker rounds";
25:08 radio program; "Military News Agencies"; "3 GIs were killed"; "ARVN activity"; "VC killed"; "supply of ammunition has been destroyed"; Saigon; United Press International;
27:28 radio program in Saigon; AFVN AM and FM; American Forces Vietnam Network; AFVN Saigon;
28:30 national anthems of Vietnam and USA
31:00 audio ends; dead space remainder of tape;