Summary: LA, arty piece lowered from the Seatrain Carolina. Trucks start to move on the pier after being unloaded. LS, two vessels at pier. Vehicles drive off. Two soldiers; the one w/clipboard makes note. Vehicle signaled to a stop. Soldier writes on clipboard. Forklift loads metal sections on a comml lowbed truck. Two laborers close sides. LSs, trucks, some towing arty, drive on highway. Van unit drives to stop behind a parked vehicle. Trucks drive on highway. A few comml trucks drive in opposite direction. Aboard ship, soldiers go down gangway. LS, soldiers assemble on pier. Sgt reports "all present" to officer. Soldiers w/bks bags walk on pier. Bags are loaded into buds. Few soldiers sit on pier. A soldier looks at his M-16 rifle. USNS Gen W H Weigel sails slowly in bay. Closer view, soldiers at rail. Shot from pier of the hull of Weigel moving slowly. The Weigel at pier. Heavy clouds with the sun behind them. Gangway is raised by a wrecker truck. Soldiers on pier. Ramp of gangway is let down. A few soldiers go aboard. Soldiers assembled on pier. Sign: "The Americal Div Welcomes the 11th Light Inf Bde." Soldiers led by officers and their colors march off the ship. A band plays to the R. Assembled soldiers salute. A brief welcoming ceremony. Someone speaks from stand. (Overcast) A few officers on the pier. Soldiers debark. A soldier goes along line calling off names (?). Soldier signals frantically w/his arms. Cut to, truck crossing ramp. LA, arty piece lowered. HS, truck comes down ramp. Jeep lowered from Seatrain. A pile of rusty chains. HS, vehicle is lowered to pier. In center piles of wooden crates. Huge crane lowers vehicle. Soldiers grab it. Vehicle is driven off. Piles of crates; metal sections in fg. Jeep unloaded, lines removed. LS, ships at pier.
Dates:
December 20, 1967-December 21, 1967