USS Gridley (DLG-21) underway near Yankee Station in Vietnam. Open deck hatch of the ship. Signal man unfolds the Church flag. Church flag being snapped onto the Halyards. Church flag hoisted aboard USS Gridley. Halyard secured by the Signal man. ' Gridley' written on the ship. Port bow of the USS Gridley. Catholic Chaplain unpacks some of his equipment. Catholic Chaplain sets up the altar. Catholic Chaplain puts the cinch cord around his waist. Catholic Chaplain talks and dons his robes for the Mass. Chaplain stands gives Communion to some men. UH-2C Seasprite arrives aboard USS Girdley. Chaplains walk towards the helicopter. Chaplains board the helicopter.
Fire Support Base "Husky", home of Headquarters Battery, 2nd Battalion, 35th Artillery Regiment (155, SP) Xuan Loc,Vietnam. Aerial view from a UH-1 Huey helicopter, of the base and surrounding terrain. Mountains in the background. [Note: C Battery 7th Battalion, 9th Artillery (105 Howitzer) occupied the other half of the FSB. The base was attacked on the night of May 17/18, 1969, by NVA sappers, mortars, and rockets. Fourteen Americans and an estimated 80 to 90 NVA were killed.]
1st Air Cavalry Dv. of Operation Delaware. CH-47 helicopter flying in with 105mm Howitzer hanging in sling. Howitzer is lowered to ground. Soldiers pushing the Howitzer across the hill for positioning. April 68. (Vietnam War period).
1st Air Cavalry Dv. of Operation Delaware. Soldiers standing near UH-1D helicopter and marching across the fields. 17 April 1968. (Vietnam War period).
Massive damage on board USS Forrestal (CV-59) in the Gulf of Tonkin, Vietnam. A burned and damaged helmet lies on the deck, swaying in the wind. Several men from damage control teams and naval officers walk on the damaged deck area. They examine gaping holes due to rocket and bomb explosions. Twisted metal and scorched areas visible. The port side of the flight deck is partially sheared off, with rubble and twisted metal.
American comedian Bob Hope performs for United Service Organization (USO) at Tan Son Nhut air base in Vietnam. Bob Hope's entertainment troupe walk towards the stage. General Nguyen Cao Ky walks with the entertainment troupe. General Westmoreland arrives with Bob Hope.