USMC 105220: LST and Navy Cross Award Ceremony

Description: Item Description Title USMC 105220: LST and Navy Cross Award Ceremony Citation information USMC 105220: LST and Navy Cross Award Ceremony. (HQ-16-16-68; HQ-16-28-67; R-1-1; 57-0313.) United States Marine Corps Film Repository. Moving Image Research Collections. University of South Carolina. USMC History Division inventory no 15/2029 Marine Corps Library Number 3229-16 Additional identifiers HQ-16-16-68; HQ-16-28-67; R-1-1; 57-0313 MIRC inventory no. USMC 105220 Decade 1950 Date 1968 Description Marines board onto various LST vessels, including USS Waldo County (LST-1163) and USS Suffolk County (LST-1173). Supplies and equipment are loaded. A tugboat assists the LST out of port while two armed marines watch the ships pull away from their position on the pier. Trucks drive single file down the road to port. USMC Gen. Leonard F. Chapman Jr. gives the Navy Cross medal to USMC helicopter aviator, Capt. Rupert E. Fairfield, for his actions piloting a UH1E in Vietnam to rescue fellow Marines. Location(s) Morehead City (N.C.); Radio Island (N.C.); Camp Lejeune (N.C.) Camera crew Rossi Producing entity United States Marine Corps (Production unit) Genre Documentary Division 2nd Division Item collection United States Marine Corps Film Repository Original color Color Original audio Silent Original gauge Film: 16mm Original generation Reversal: Positive Original physical length 325 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. Digital media type Moving Image Date digital file created 06/29/2022 Digitization information High definition access copy derived from a scan of a film original on a Lasergraphics ScanStation 6.5k Digital runtime 9:00 Digital file type video/H264