The U.S. Aircraft carrier, USS Coral Sea (CVA-43) in South China Sea during the Vietnam War. Band of Sailors practice together, playing brass instruments, including trumpets and trombones. Sailors use a winch to lower a bomb onto a dolly on the ship's deck. An aircraft being moved by a tug. Two United States Navy A-4C/A-4E Skyhawk aircraft lifted to flight deck level on deck edge elevator. Mechanics work on tail section of a United States Navy UH-2A Seasprite helicopter in hanger bay.
Operations aboard the aircraft carrier, USS Midway (CVA-41) in the South China Sea, during the Vietnam War. Pilot in flight suit walks fromUnited States Navy aircraft C-1A Trader on the flight deck. Sailors unload sacks of mail and several wooden crates from the aircraft. A sailor walks along the deck with a mail bag on his shoulder and a box under his arm. C-1A catted from angle deck. Flight deck officer gives go signal to an A-1H Skyraider loaded with bombs.
United States Navy 7th Fleet operations in South China Sea during the Vietnam War. A United States Navy aircraft RF-8A Crusader catted from USS Coral Sea. A United States Navy aircraft A-4E Skyhawk catted from deck of the ship. A United States Navy aircraft A-3B Skywarrior takes off. Cameramen on deck. A United States Navy aircraft F-4B swishes on catapult.
United States Navy 7th Fleet operations in South China Sea during the Vietnam War. USS Coral Sea band plays during underway replenishment. Band director directs band during replenishment.
Close up views of Medal of Honor medals being awarded to United States soldiers of Vietnam War by President of the United States Gerald Ford, Jr. The medals are seen against a black background.
U.S. Air Force C-130 airdrop operations in 1968, during Vietnam War. C-130 aircraft in flight. View of supplies being airdropped. View from inside cabin of a C-130, as South Vietnamese paratroopers jump from the aircraft. A heavy pallet of supplies being pulled onto a runway by parachutes, from the rear of a low-flying C-130. Scene shifts to October 14, 1973,at Lod International Airport, Tel Aviv, Israel, where a U.S. Air Force Military Airlift Command C-5 aircraft is unloading 186,200 pounds of military assistance cargo, at the start of the U.S. "Nickel Grass" airlift operation during the Yom Kippur war or Arab-Israeli War of 1973. Pallets of ammunition are seen being offloaded, followed by a 175mm self-propelled gun, covered with wooden cargo boxes. Israeli Prime Minister Golda Meir and other observers watch stand on the airport ramp. Golda Meir meets and greets members of the U.S. Air Force crew.