Military Sea Transportation Service (MSTS) Video Collection         Title: Transportation Story Segment 5: Featuring USNS Upshur. Production Date: 1958 Length: 09:39 Shot List: H-34 helicopter picks up pallet of ammunition; as copter moves off the pallet dangles from one end. The ground man tries to make an adjustment, the pallet falls off. The arrival of the USNS Upshur, first troopship to arrive in Lebanon. It carries some 5,000 Delta Force troops. Troops watching the activity on shore from the ship. A view of buildings in the city, pier area. Soldiers crowding the rail, waving toward camera. The Upshur at the pier, decks crowded with soldiers (They appear very small) a casualty in litter is hoisted to ship (Pocono). Gen. Paul Adams, Commanding General, US Forces in Lebanon and a colonel watch troops on pier. Troops on the deck of the Upshur. From vantage point above dock as troops carrying barracks bags walk along pier. These troops are of the 299th Combat Engrs, formally stationed at Hochst, Germany. Brig. Gen. David W. Gray seated in jeep talks to other officers on pier. Soldiers board bus. Buses with American troops pass out of pier gate. Gen.Paul D. Adams and officer walk along dock. Troops carrying barracks bags and other equipment walk on pier. Troops file by. Barracks bags are loaded on top of bus. Troops with barracks bags walk toward vehicles. Brig. Gen. David W. Gray watches troops on pier. Pilot at control of airborne copter. Face of pilot in copter. Soldiers on ground waiting for copter bringing in supplies, run fwd. Shadow of H-34 copter on the ground. Soldiers debark from troopship. Soldier is helped with barracks bag as he comes down ship's ladder -- Gen. Adams and Lebanese General Chehab, Chief of Staff of Lebanese Army walk toward McClintock. The Gen. shakes hands with McClintock. Robert Murphy is standing by. Adams shakes hands with a Lebanese Gen. who gets into car. Newsmen attempt to take pictures. A Lebanese soldier on guard at airstrip. The airport Administration Building and control tower. The words: "Beirut International Airport" on building. The USNS Upshur at pier area. Soldiers and officers crowding pier -- Sequence: Troops debarking. Men carry a chest down the ship's ladder. Adams followed by officer comes down ship's ladder.           More Videos   Video No 1: Featuring USNS General Edwin D. Patrick.   Video No 2: Featuring USNS General Stuart Heinzelman, SS Benjamin Silliman, SS George Crile, SS James B. Haviland.     Video No 3: Featuring USNS Barrett.     Video No 4: Featuring USNS General Simon B. Buckner.           Links     Military Sea Transportation Service Main Site     Photographic Collection - Military Sea Transportation Service     Tanker Photographs           Copyright 2007 Military Sea Transportation Service Society