USMC 100608: USMC dog PFC Ho Chi Minh promoted to lance corporal

Item Description
Title
USMC 100608: USMC dog PFC Ho Chi Minh promoted to lance corporal

Citation information
USMC 100608: USMC dog PFC Ho Chi Minh promoted to lance corporal. United States Marine Corps Film Repository. Moving Image Research Collections. University of South Carolina.

USMC History Division inventory no
10/3004/1

Marine Corps Library Number
0000-16

MIRC inventory no.
USMC 100608

Decade
1960

Description
This film recounts a ceremony held to promote a USMC patrol dog, named Ho Chi Minh, from Private First Class to Lance Corporal. The dog was an adopted member of Bravo Company, First Military Police Battalion near Da Nang, Vietnam, who served in 51 combat patrols and received numerous military honors. The ceremony features a Marine reading Ho Chi Minh's promotion citation and issuing his new dog tag.

Location(s)
Da Nang (Vietnam)

Producing entity
United States Marine Corps (Production unit)

Genre
Public relations

Film date (note)
Produced during the Vietnam War in the late 1960s or early 1970s.

Division
3rd Division


Battalion
1st Military Police Battalion


Item collection
United States Marine Corps Film Repository

Original color
Color

Original audio
Sound

Original gauge
Film: 16mm

Original generation
Reversal: Positive

Original physical length
90

Original aspect ratio
1.37:1 (Academy)

Original media type
Motion pictures (visual works)

Language
English

Contributing organization
University of South Carolina. Moving Image Research Collections


Digital collection name
United States Marine Corps Films


Rights information
Public Domain. For further information please contact Moving Image Research Collections, University of South Carolina, Columbia, SC 29208.

Digital media type
Moving Image

Date digital file created
07/25/2018

Digitization information
High definition access copy derived from a scan of a film original on a Digital Vision Goldeneye.

Digital runtime
02:07

Digital file type
video/H264

Keywords
Vietnam War