Operation Double Eagle in Vietnam during Vietnam War. U.S. Marines run down white line on flight deck to the helicopter turning up. Several ships off beach in the background. Small group of Marines run down center of deck to man the helicopter on after part of flight deck. All the helicopters turning up. Another group of marines run. U.S. UH-34D helicopter takes off. Second copter lifts off. Then the third one also fly off.
Operation Double Eagle in Vietnam during the Vietnam War. Flight deck personnel carry an injured Marine from a helicopter. Wounded marine being lowered on elevator to the hangar bay. Gas crewmen refuel a helicopter. Man putts gas into the U.S. UH-34D as other helicopter refueled in background. Marines walk by in full packs, board the helicopter in foreground. Marines run over deck to board the helicopter. Helicopter takes off for vertical envelopment. Marines run down side of deck with rifles and gear to board the helicopter. Other group come. Helicopters take off.
Flood relief operations being carried on in Vietnam. Vietnamese women with children, a soldier with a rifle over his shoulder. People gathered to receive food supplies as a part of flood relief operations. Major Chinh and Lieutenant Colonel L. K. Cuong speak over a microphone as people listen. Lieutenant Colonel Cuong hands over food bags to flood victims as photographers take pictures. (Vietnam War period).
Operation Jackstay in Vietnam. Several Landing Crafts (LCMs) heading back down a river in the Long Thanh peninsula area. A shoreline in the background. A United States flag raised aboard a craft. A Landing Craft in view. Coxswain in the background. James Franklin from Naval Operations Support Group aboard the craft. He stands with an M-14 rifle and looks towards the shoreline. He keeps a vigil for snipers. Two marines look for snipers. A jungle along the shoreline in the background. Marines come out of the jungle towards the LCM after patrol of the shore for Viet Cong. Heavy brush in the background. The marines return aboard the LCM. (Vietnam War period).
Operation Jackstay in Vietnam. A PCF-26 (Patrol Craft Fast or Swift Boat) underway in the Dong Tran River. A man at the controls of the craft. EN2 (Engineman Second Class) Gunter is wounded during a patrol. The chief C.P. Gernigan bandages his wounded arm aboard the craft. EN2 Gunter on a 50 caliber machine gun on the stern. BMC (Chief Boatswain's Mate) on the 50 caliber machine gun. Second crewman stands in the background. He wears a helmet and an armored vest. A machine gun on another craft. A crewman with an M-16 rifle. He stands by the 50 caliber machine gun manned by Chief Boatswain's Mate. (Vietnam War period).
The American Navy advanced in Vietnam during the Vietnam War. Firing from the PBRs (Patrol River Boat) and PCFs (Patrol Craft Fast) or Swift Boat. Explosions along river bank from striking of machine gun bullets. Two PBRs underway. Firing at the river bank. Heavy foliage along riverbank. Explosions in water throwing up column of smoke. Machine guns on Swift Boat fired at the shoreline. American flag seen on the Swift Boat.