Camera over shoulder of Captain W. J. Boyington plotting target on map in Da Nang Air Base. Maps covering most of the table. “8th Bomb” written on the right side of the table. The captain uses a pair of compasses to plot on a map. “Daddy” written on back of captain’s yellow cap. 8th Bomb Squadron emblem is seen in front of cap. Close up view of the captain’s face and hands while plotting Vietnam War mission in Da Nang. Lieutenant Colonel Daniel E. Farr II seated at table. Lieutenant Colonel Farr talking while checking his watch. United States Air Force 8th Bomb Squadron flight crews picking up flight equipment and departing building.
Crew arranging bombs on rack in front of B-57 aircraft at Da Nang Air Base during the Vietnam War. An armament crew loading a 100-lb bomb on bomb lift truck MJ-1 from bomb trailer. Man drives MJ-1 to aircraft. The MJ-1 bomb lift truck carries bomb to aircraft. Crewmen assist MJ-1 in moving bomb to the United States Air Force Martin B-57B Canberra tactical bomber. The bomb is raised into the bomb bay. Crewmen connect bomb into bomb rack. Bomb lift truck brings another bomb to the bomber aircraft.
Operation 'Jackstay' in Vung Tau, Vietnam. A Swift Boat (Patrol Craft, Fast ) PCF-26 underway on the Dong Tranh River. Patrol Craft PCF-31 underway. A shoreline in the background. A man stands up on the bow of PCF-26 boat. A man stands in the background aboard PCF-31. A man mans the twin machine guns aboard PCF-26. Other crew men stand on the deck. They stand around a 50 caliber machine gun. Crewmen aboard PCF-31 talk to men aboard PCF-26. Crewmen smoke as they stand by the twin machine gun. PCF-26 backs off from PCF-31. A man smokes aboard the boat. 50 caliber machine gun in view. A crewman stands in the background. PCF-26 underway in the river.
Operation 'Jackstay' in Vung Tau, Vietnam. Several ships at anchor in Dong Tranh River. A Swift Boat underway. A 50 caliber machine gun in the boat. A life jacket hangs from the gun mount. A United States flag flies in the breeze. A crew member looks out over the water. A shoreline in the background. The Swift Boat underway en route to Cat-Lo naval base. A crew man stands on the deck. A merchant tug and a barge underway. Junk being passed in the river by Patrol Craft PCF-31. Crewmen cover the 50 caliber machine gun.
Contract airlines supplementing the armed forces in airlifting cargo at Cam Ranh bay airbase in Vietnam. Pan American Boeing 707 taxiing on the runway. Close-up of the Pan Am insignia on the tail section of the airplane. Mountains in the background. World Airlines Boeing 707-320C taxiing out to runway and in flight.
Activities of people at Tan Son Nhut in Vietnam. Vietnamese people enter and exit Tan Son Nhut main gate at dawn. Vehicular traffic passes on the street.