Operation Seafloat in the Cua Lon River,Vietnam. Armed Vietnamese personnel board PCFs (Patrol Craft Fast, also called Swift Boats) along side a barge. A gun mounted aboard a PCF. Men on the PCF. A USN (United States Navy) man in a flak jacket and helmet works inside the cabin of the vessel. A barge personnel on deck works with weapons. Vietnamese soldiers clean and oil M-16 rifles on the PCF. American personnel with M-16 rifles. A U.S. flag seen fluttering in the background. Heavy foliage on the riverbank as seen during a fire fight. Vietnamese soldiers move into heavy brush. An RVN (Republic of Vietnam) personnel moves out of a cabin on the river craft. Armed PCF moves slowly up the river. River craft at bank of the river. Other crafts seen. A part of the bow of the PCF in the river appears to have been shot away. (Vietnam War period).
Riverine Operation in the Vinh Te Canal, Vietnam. Several dead Viet Cong soldiers on the ground in brush near water. A young wounded Viet Cong soldier. RVN (Republic of Vietnam) troopers around the wounded boy. A dead Viet Cong along the canal bank. Trees damaged by machine gun fire. PBRs (Patrol Boat River) framed in the foreground. Vietnamese soldiers take care of the wounded Viet Cong boy. A Vietnamese hospital corpsman prepares bandages for him. The wounded boy lying on the grass on his back. Decomposed body of a dead Viet Cong. USN (United States Navy) PBR crewmen bend over the man. A dead Viet Cong soldier with left arm severed at the shoulder. (Vietnam War period).
Soldiers of U.S. Army 101st Airborne Division pick up shells of 105 mm howitzer and leave during Operation Hawthorne of Vietnam War. The soldiers, a mix of African American and White troops, chat and smile during the pick ups.
Soldiers of 101st Airborne Division build a bridge during Operation Hawthorne. They use ropes to put logs of trees across a river. The surface of the bridge is leveled by nailing a plank on an uneven log. African American soldier hammers nail in log through plank. Soldiers stand on bank as the bridge is being built. (Vietnam War period).
Soldiers of 101st Airborne Division load and fire 105mm howitzer during Operation Hawthorne. African American soldier looks through telescope of 105mm howitzer. Another soldier talks on a phone. Stack of ammunition lies under a tent. Two soldiers pick up shells from the stack one by one. A 105mm howitzer is loaded and fired. (Vietnam War period).
Soldiers of 101st Airborne Division near a 105mm howitzer during Operation Hawthorne. Soldiers check the howitzer. A soldier sits in a ditch. Some soldiers sit in foxholes. All carry M-16 rifles. (Vietnam War period).