U.S. Air Force C-123B Provider aircraft at Da Nang Air Base, Vietnam during Vietnam War. U.S. maintenance crew work on C-123B Provider engine and check wheel lugs on landing gear. U.S. airmen put up tents for maintenance gear. Airmen unload bags of maintenance gear from truck. C-123B being parked at air base.
U.S. Army jeeps and trucks parked in Da Nang, Vietnam during the Vietnam War. View from a traveling vehicle shows rows of U.S. Army jeeps. 2 ½ ton trucks aid other wheeled vehicles. Jeeps parked in an area.
United States Marine Corps Pilots of VMF (AW) 232 (Red Devils), conversing at an office in a trailer, at Da Nang Airbase, South Vietnam. Major B A Martin in flight suit sits at a desk. He briefs another pilot, Captain Herb Jellander. Major Martin writes on a pad. Captain Jellander smiles and converses with Major. Major Martin mark positions on blackboard, explains and then rubs it off. He returns to his desk. ( Note: In July, 1967, Major Bruce A. Martin's F-8E was hit by enemy fire and he was forced to eject. He parachuted safely and was picked up.) (Vietnam War period).
Shows a night time Vietcong rocket attack, just after midnight, July 15, 1967, on the United States Air Force flight line and barracks areas at the Da Nang Airbase in Vietnam. Heavy explosions and fires on the base. Fires started from secondary blasts by bombs and fuel. Aircraft destroyed included F-4 Phantom II's & C-130's. The U.S Marine Corps Fighter Squadron VMF (AW) 232, also based here, lost some of its F-8E Crusader aircraft in this attack. (Vietnam War period).
Activities at Da Nang Air Base in Vietnam. A truck parked near an aircraft at the air base. Soldiers throw bags on ground as men load them onto the plane. A trailer near United States C-130 A aircraft as men push a pallet loaded with supply bags from the plane onto the trailer. (Vietnam War period).
A U.S. Army film about U.S. Marine elements in Vietnam. A U.S. Marine aircraft lands at the 1st Marine Air Craft Wing Base Headquarter at Da Nang in South Vietnam. A drag parachute attached to the tail of craft. Aerial view of the base camp. Additional aircraft sent to the headquarters. They are refueled and reloaded. A pilot exits his aircraft. Recon aircraft in flight. A film camera unloaded from reconnaissance aircraft. It is immediately processed. The film is used to see the recent changes and bombed areas. (Vietnam War period).