Flight deck gas crewman pulls gas hose on board United States Navy ship Bon Homme Richard in Gulf of Tonkin. He gases one of the aircrafts. Midshipman 1st class Robert S. Schreiber under the guidance of Lollyd E. Webber observes refueling operation. The two of them chat as gas crewman gases a fuel tank under the wing of an aircraft. Schreiber being instructed on gas fuel pumps by Lollyd. Midshipman and Lollyd under A-4E aircraft as it gets refueled.
Midshipman William J. Kane being instructed about duties of signalmen by Harold Albritton,a signalmen on board a United States Navy ship Bon Homme Richard. Kane looks on as signalmen puts a cover on signal light. Two signalmen take out signal flags from a bag and the hoist being hauled down. Signal man instructs Kane on use of a long glass. A Pilot Landing Aid Television System (PLAT) shows A-4E aircraft taking off on board Bon Home Richard.
Midshipman 1st class Jerry Watson being instructed by Charles E. Ward about the use and functions of PLAT (Pilot Landing Aid Television System) camera on board United States Navy ship Bon Homme Richard in Gulf of Tonkin. Ward piers through the eye piece of the camera and swings it around. On the flight deck of the ship A-1H takes off while A-4C makes an arrested landing.
A-4C aircraft makes a recovery on board UnitedStates Naval ship Bon Homme Richard in Gulf of Tonkin after an air strike on North Vietnamese positions. Various other aircrafts F-8D,A-1H and A-1 G make a landing and taxi along the deck in evening. American flag flutters in the breeze as A-3B lands in the late evening.
USS Coral Sea underway in the Gulf of Tonkin during the Vietnam War. USS Coral Sea, an aircraft carrier underway in the Gulf of Tonkin. USS Coral Sea underway in a port turn. Smoke comes out of the stack of the aircraft carrier. U.S. Navy KA-3B aircraft being launched from the deck of the aircraft carrier. Another KA-3B aircraft being launched from the aircraft carrier. U.S. Navy A-4E aircraft taxis and takes off from the catapult. U.S. Navy F-4B aircraft taxis and takes off from the carrier.
USS Coral Sea underway in the Gulf of Tonkin during Vietnam War. USS Coral Sea, an aircraft carrier underway in the Gulf of Tonkin. U.S. Navy A-4E aircraft comes in for landing aboard USS Coral Sea. A-1J aircraft in a landing pattern as it is being recovered aboard. U.S. Navy A-1H aircraft takes a wave off over the deck of the aircraft carrier. U.S. Navy RF-8A aircraft comes in for landing and lands on the deck. U.S. Navy A-1J and C-2A also come in and land one by one. Two U.S. Navy F-4B aircraft land on the deck of the carrier. Aerial view of a destroyer escort underway at sea. A destroyer underway at sea. U.S. Navy KA-3B flies over the wake of USS Coral Sea. Another KA-3B aircraft comes in and lands at the deck.