Aerial view of an LKA (Amphibious cargo Ship) with barge at her starboard side, in extremely calm waters of Cam Ranh Bay, Vietnam. Several fast-moving 15 foot Boston Whaler (Skimmer) boats are seen crossing the bay. (Note: Such boats were assigned to Inshore Undersea Warfare Group One, Western Pacific Detachment, AKA, IUWG-1 WESTPAC DET. The first 4 Skimmers arrived in country on January 3, 1967 and were assigned to Unit 2 at Cam Ranh Bay. Reportedly, the one seen armed with the M60 machine gun, is boat # 72.) Aerial views of the coastline, with shoals, are seen, and a freighter anchored in the bay, surrounded by barges. On a promontory overlooking the bay, are seen buildings and a lookout and searchlight tower, that are part of the Harbor Entrance Control Post (HECP).
Men dig new radar installation platform. Aerial view of French lighthouse on a hill. Man looks through binoculars from a lookout tower on top of a mountain. View of ships in Cam Ranh Bay through a bunker slit. Wrecked old French lighthouse. Harbor Patrol Command Post on top of the mountain.
Views from U.S. held defense fortifications at Cam Ranh Bay, Vietnam. Interior view of living quarter of United States personnel. Old tunnel of French Defense area. Sign reads 'CPO quarters'. Man stands over radio shack in operation tower. Soldier talks over phone in the operation room. Lt. J .W. Allen, Operations Officer, in his office. (Vietnam War period).
View of old French gun. Quonset hut. United States military personnel dig. Boxes secured with lines, attached to block and tackle. Look out post on top of the hill. Harbor Patrol Command Post on top of the mountain. Sign reads 'Restricted Area, Keep Out'.
Contract airlines supplementing the armed forces in airlifting passengers at Cam Ranh bay airbase in Vietnam during the Vietnam War. Pan American DC-6 taxiing on the runway. Sand blowing across ramp. Ramp being pushed up to the airplane. United States troops disembarking from the plane. They board a bus and the bus leaves the area.
Contract airlines supplementing the U.S. armed forces in airlifting passengers at Cam Ranh bay airbase in Vietnam during the Vietnam War. Boeing 707 in flight over the airbase and goes in for a landing. Pan American DC-6 passenger airplane taxis in; ramp being pushed up to the aircraft. U.S. soldiers debarking and loading into chartered R&R bus. The bus leaves the area.