United States Navy 7th Fleet operations in South China Sea during the Vietnam War. USS Mount Baker approaches the port as it sails past the USS Coral Sea for underway replenishment. Chief Petty Officer looks on as the ship approaches. Cargo net of ammunition being lifted from deck ready for high line. Ammunition high lined to USS Coral Sea. Ammunition being high lined. Signalman sends message with a signal light.
United States Navy 7th Fleet operations in South China Sea during the Vietnam War. Forklift loaded with ammunition from deck edge elevator backs into hangar bay of USS Coral Sea. Bombs on carts in the hangar bay. Man removes the 500 1b bomb on cart down hangar bay deck past several other working parties.
United States Navy 7th Fleet operations in South China Sea during the Vietnam War. USS Halsey (DLG-23) pulls away from USS Pyro (AE-24). Port bow of USS Pyro in the foreground. View of the deck of USS Coral Sea. USS Radford (DD-446) makes its approach on starboard quarter of USS Pyro. Ammunition is high lined from USS Pyro to USS Coral Sea.
United States Navy 7th Fleet operations in South China Sea during the Vietnam War. A Sign reads 'Ordnance Control'. Man talks on microphone and writes information on a plot board. Man jots down information on plot board in Ordnance Control. Man works on the plot board and talks on sound powered phones. Chief Warrent Officer J.F. Hayes answers the phone and gives orders. Holster hangs on bulkhead. Bulkhead reads 'Operation Quick-draw'.
During the Vietnam War, views of armored vehicle evaluations of the 34th Armored Regiment, 4th Infantry Division on training grounds in the United States. Wave of tanks fire machine guns as they cross a field. U.S. M-48 Patton tank stuck in dense bamboo growth. A tank with dozer blade helps to pull the stuck tank out of the bamboo growth. Soldiers chop bamboo beside the tank. Tanks in single file move into dense jungle. Aerial view of wave of tanks crossing the field.
The Gulf of Tonkin Incident during the Vietnam War. A flag of U.S. Navy. U.S. Navy soldiers parade. Aircraft being parked on the deck of aircraft carrier. Animated map shows the route of U.S. Destroyers (DD) on Gulf of Tonkin. A destroyer USS Maddox (DD-731) underway in the Pacific. General Quarter on the DD sounds. The U.S. Navy men run and take their positions on the ship. The ship crewmen take their position on the deck guns. A sailor looks through a binocular. Two officers on a bridge of USS Maddox. One of them looks through the binocular. A tower on the ship. A U.S. Navy sailor loads shell and fires with a gun. Several views of the sailor loading shells and firing. U.S. Commander Robert Warhart describes what he and his pilots did during the attack against Vietnamese torpedo boats. USS Turner Joy (DD-951) underway in the pacific. The U.S. sailors wearing headphones at controls. North Vietnamese patrol boats strike against the U.S. destroyers. The White House in Washington DC. The crew members pull the bombs on a small elevator. They load the bombs in the aircraft. The ship crew members work under the wings of the U.S. Navy aircraft. The pilots seated in a room before taking off. An officer with the help of a wall map briefs pilots about the attack. A pilot gets into a cockpit. Another one stands on a ladder. The pilot closes the canopy. A signal officer gives signal. The aircraft taxi one after the other and take off for the attack on Vietnamese patrol boats. USS Turner Joy and USS Maddox underway in the Pacific.