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United States Navy Riverine Patrol boat operations in the Mekong Delta of South Vietnam during the Vietnam War

Navy Lieutenant exchanges salutes and receives reports from junior officers aboard the USS Harnett County (LST-821) anchored 2 miles from the mouth of the Co Chien River in the Mekong Delta of South Vietnam. Crew members don helmets and board riverine patrol boats. View from a patrol boat as it is underway. (LST 821 and another patrol boat are in background.) Closeup of gunner setting up his twin M2HB .50 caliber (12.7 mm) machine guns. Two patrol boats speeding across the water. Closeup of several crewmen in one of the boats. The second boat pulling up close to port, astern of the first boat. View from land as both boats enter a narrow river. closeup of the U.S. flag flying in the breeze. The patrol boats pass a Vietnamese family of 9 persons, in a wooden boat. Views of other local Vietnamese and their boats and dwellings along the river banks. A local ferryboat carrying many Vietnamese people. Patrol boat members watching activity with binoculars. One has his M16 rifle at the ready. The crew signals to a wooden Vietnamese boat flying the South Vietnam flag, which approaches and presents a document. The crew searches the boat and occupants for Viet Cong persons or supplies. Views of the patrol boat stopping and searching a number of small open wood boats and occupants. The Americans give small gifts to some of them, especially to any children. Closeup of a mother with several children in their boat. Closeups of individual Patrol Boat crew members, in relaxed moments, smoking, eating, and simply sitting as the boat cruises along the river. The U.S. flag fluttering. Dramatic view of clouds, gray sky, and wake of the boat in the water.

Date: 1967, June
Duration: 5 min 10 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Color
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675040356
Areas in Mekong delta reclaimed with spoils from dredging operations during construction of Dong Tam Base in Vietnam War

Views of reclaimed areas of Mekong Delta, where dredging spoils are piled up, from operations during the construction of the American portions of the Dong Tam Base in South Vietnam during the Vietnam War. A few local people are seen along with several cattle grazing. In places, dredged sand and mud form a berm at the water's edge. Glimpses closeup of a Vietnamese civilian and an American soldier.

Date: 1967, December 13
Duration: 1 min 7 sec
Sound: No
Color: Color
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: None
Clip: 65675025935
Riverine warfare in Mekong Delta, Vietnam. Barracks ship; Armored Transport ship;

Riverine warfare in the Mekong Delta region of Vietnam. U.S. Riverine Afloat Force consisting of one Brigade of the Army's Ninth Division, and the U.S. Navy's River Flotilla One, supported by special Navy ships. Seen are: Barracks ship; Armored and armed transport ship, with river vessels alongside and helicopter landing on deck. An armor-plated and armed 60-foot "Monitor" river craft underway and firing from its gun turret. U.S. soldiers firing a howitzer on board a barge. An F-100 Supersabre tactical jet fighter aircraft flies over river and drops ordnance on riverbank. American troops make amphibious assault on riverbank. (Vietnam War period).

Date: 1967
Duration: 1 min 47 sec
Sound: No
Color: Color
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: English
Clip: 65675054817
A machine gunner stands by his machine gun aboard a PBR and fires it in Mekong Delta, Republic of Vietnam.

A feature film about PBR (Patrol Boat River) at Binh Thuy Air Base, Mekong Delta, Republic of Vietnam. A machine gunner aboard a PBR stands by his machine gun. The gun trained out over water. The PBR runs down a canal. The PBR underway in the wake of camera boats. The machine gun in the foreground. A U.S. Army UH-1B Seawolf helicopter in flight. A crewman in a helmet and a flak jacket. He smokes a cigarette on the inboard of the boat. He speaks into a communication microphone. A crewman stands by a machine gun on the stern of the boat. The gunner stands in the background. Hands of a man on a wheel. The gunner fires the machine gun. Viet Cong on shore area fire back. (Vietnam War period).

Date: 1967, September 17
Duration: 2 min 37 sec
Sound: No
Color: Color
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: None
Clip: 65675055548
Crewman fire an M-79 Grenade Launcher and an M-60 machine gun aboard a PBR in Mekong Delta, Republic of Vietnam.

A feature film about PBR (Patrol Boat River) at Binh Thuy Air Base, Mekong Delta, Republic of Vietnam, in Vietnam War. A PBR underway at a high speed. Firing from the bank of the river. A machine gunner aboard the PBR. Firing at the shoreline. A crewman fires an M-79 Grenade Launcher. Water off the port side of the PBR. Heavy jungle growth at the riverbank. The deck of the PBR off the starboard bow area. The machine gunner behind the gun. The ammo belt of the gun protrudes over the starboard bow. A gunner fires an M-60 machine gun. A crewman drinks from a small C-ration can. The stern of the PBR. A .50 caliber machine gun is fired off towards the starboard side. A bucket of ammo is loaded in the gun. The gun is cocked and rechecked. Tracers and smoke heads towards the heavy jungle. A crewman fires the M-60 machine gun. The last of the belt is used up. The crewman quickly loads another belt of ammo into the machine gun. Other works with a clip.

Date: 1967, September 17
Duration: 4 min 21 sec
Sound: No
Color: Color
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: None
Clip: 65675055549
PBR crewmen check ID cards and an injured Vietnamese at the Binh Thuy Air Base, Mekong Delta, Republic of Vietnam.

A feature film about PBR (Patrol Boat River) at Binh Thuy Air Base, Mekong Delta, Republic of Vietnam. A camera boat approaches. American flags on the camera boats. A small sampan pass by. The stern of a PBR to a sampan along the port quarter. Vietnamese on the stern of the sampan. An interpreter talks to the Vietnamese. A PBR crewman talks to an elder woman on the sampan. South Vietnamese flags seen on the sampans. A crewman checks paperwork and he steps aboard the sampan. The Vietnamese on the stern is apparently a detainee. An injured Vietnamese being helped and bandaged on the deck of the PBR. A Vietnamese carries a wounded woman from the boat. The woman lying on the pier. Vietnamese carry off the injured woman on a stretcher. (Vietnam War period).

Date: 1967, September 17
Duration: 2 min 4 sec
Sound: No
Color: Color
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: None
Clip: 65675055547