Desron (Destroyer Squadron) 20 returns from Vietnam. At a shipyard in Newport, Rhode Island a sign reads 'Desron 20, Families and Friends Welcome Aboard Arcadia'. A refreshment table with cakes and dough nuts. An eight years old boy in a sailer suit is offered some refreshments. Children around the refreshment table. The boy has some coffee and cake. A young mother with a small child in her arms. A navy band plays on the pier. Dependents look on in the background. Dependents on the pier. Many of the dependents behind a roped off area. A woman is being interviewed by one of the radio or TV stations. Another DD approaches in the mid back for tying up. A man holding a small child waves. A part of the USS Arcadia seen in the background. Bow view of the USS Charles P Cecil approaching the pier. Line handlers haul a hawser towards a bollard in the mid foreground. They put a bow line around the bollard. Dependents behind the roped off area. An officer in a blue uniform. Smiling faces of the women dependents as the ship is tied up.
Desron (Destroyer Squadron) 20 returns from Vietnam. People at a shipyard in Newport, Rhode Island. A sailor holding a small girl on his shoulder waves. Many dependents in the background behind the roped off area. A sailor embraces his wife after his arrival. The dependents jam a gangway to board one of the ships. A woman talks to a young sailor. Reunions take place aboard one of the ships. The dependents board one of the ship's unident. Two women talk with a sailor in dungarees. Ships tied up in the background. A young child with a large dough nut walks along the pier Naval personnel depart their ship with souvenirs. Naval personnel and crewmen from one of DD depart the ship over the brow. A RADM (Rear Admiral) stands at a podium on the pier and addresses the crowd. People in the background. The dependents approach the pier with their husbands. Men and their dependents depart one of the ships. A sailor holding his young child in his arms walks with his wife. Other people walk down the pier in the background. A small group of dependents stands on a pier next to one of the destroyers.
Aircraft B-52 taxiing. Aerial view of two United States Air Force B-52 aircraft high over clouds. Vapor trails coming off the wings. Crew members seen inside the aircraft at their respective crew positions. Aerial bombs away view of Bombs falling in great numbers from B-52s and exploding on enemy position in jungles below. Air Force tower operator looks through binoculars as B-52s return to land at their home airfield in Guam. B-52s in landing approach and landing after mission. (Vietnam War period).
Aircraft B-52 lands on airfield, using drag chute to help decelerate. B-52 releases parachute on runway during landing roll. Ground crews quickly retrieve the chute and clear runway. Inside hangar, they repack the drag chute for reuse. Plane taxies on airfield. Ground crewman hooks up hose to underground fuel supply for refueling the B-52 airplane. (Vietnam War period).
American radio and television broadcaster Arthur Morton Leo Godfrey at Takhli Royal Thai Air Base in Thailand during the Vietnam War. A United States T-39 A aircraft taxis along after landing at the air base. Arthur Godfrey in Air Force uniform along with other officers get off the flight. United States 355th Wing Commander and other officers greet Godfrey. Men talk at the air base as photographers take pictures. Godfrey and others get into staff cars and move away. Arthur Godfrey along with other officers at the airbase as they look at a HH-43 B helicopter. Crew members lined up as Godfrey talks to officers. Godfrey and others leave the air base in staff cars.
American radio and television broadcaster Arthur Morton Leo Godfrey at Takhli Royal Thai Air Base in Thailand during the Vietnam War. A United States T-39 A aircraft arrives at the air base. Arthur Godfrey and others get off the plane. 335th Wing Commander and other officers greet Godfrey dressed in Air force uniform. Godfrey shakes hands with officers and talks to them. He gets into a staff car and drives away.
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