Dock area at Da Nang harbor. Port side of APL-30 (Auxiliary Personnel Lighter) or barracks craft. LCM is up to port side of barracks craft. Port bow of the barracks craft shows no. 30 on it. View from bow of LCM. APL-30 and dock at Da Nang harbor. Small craft tied up to dock at the Da Nang harbor. Small craft are the Navy YFRNs 997, 385, 412, F, UX. Various small boats of varied descriptions tied up to dock in Da Nang harbour.
Map of Vietnam pinpoints Binh Tuy. The Map shows port city Da Nang along shoreline. Close view of Binh Tuy, Da Nang and Delta area.
View of the Mouth of the Han River from the Danang USO Building rooftop during the Vietnam War. Sign saying “USO Da-Nang 1”. United States soldiers looking at the Han River from the Danang USO Building rooftop. Sign saying “USO Da-Nang 1”. View of Han River from Danang USO Building. A sign saying “Wow The blasts you hear from nine to six, are merely our Seabees getting their kicks. Generally near noon, and again after five, any other rounds are apt to be live”. American soldiers enter Hill-327 USO club at the Marine Base at Danang.
Camera over shoulder of Captain W. J. Boyington plotting target on map in Da Nang Air Base. Maps covering most of the table. “8th Bomb” written on the right side of the table. The captain uses a pair of compasses to plot on a map. “Daddy” written on back of captain’s yellow cap. 8th Bomb Squadron emblem is seen in front of cap. Close up view of the captain’s face and hands while plotting Vietnam War mission in Da Nang. Lieutenant Colonel Daniel E. Farr II seated at table. Lieutenant Colonel Farr talking while checking his watch. United States Air Force 8th Bomb Squadron flight crews picking up flight equipment and departing building.
Close-up view of the Vietnam War 8th Bomb Squadron emblem on side of auxiliary power unit (APU). The APU moves out, revealing a United States Air Force Martin B-57 Canberra tactical bomber with its pilot starting the engines. Dark smoke in the background. Camouflaged B-57B closes its canopy. The APU moves out of the way. High angle view of two camouflaged B-57B Canberra bombers as they taxi out to runway of Da Nang Air Base, Vietnam, during the Vietnam War. The second B-57 Canberra aircraft is seen carrying four 750-lb bombs.
Covers crash landing of U.S. Air Force F-105D Thunderchief, a fighter bomber on foamed runway at Da Nang Air Base in Vietnam during the Vietnam War. Camouflaged F-105D skids on a foamed runway and catches fire as it skids to a stop. F-105D burns as fire-fighters spray foam. Fire truck moves to extinguish fire of a burning aircraft. American helicopter flies over a crash site. A fireman on a fire truck and signals. Scenes of fire at tail of F-105D and smoke rises. Fire-fighters spray foam on fire and on a bomb under the wing of aircraft.