Operation Piranha in Cap Batangan, Vietnam. A U.S. Marine Corps UH-1E helicopter flies low over a beach area. An LVTP-5 moves towards the beach. Photographers in the foreground shoot movies. A marine on the top of an LVTP-5 with an M-14 rifle. LVTP-5s on the beach. LCU-1477 (Landing Craft Utility) heads onto the beach. Marines in surf head towards the beach area from the LCU-1477. A group of marines disembark on the double from an LVTP-5. The marines advance inland on the double over the beach area. LVTP-5s move through surf towards the beach. The marines up on a hill facing a wooded area. Some of the marines advance inland. An LVTP-5 with a grader on its front moves along a pathway. The marines come up in the background. The LVTP-5 on the hill side moves inland towards the trees. (Vietnam War period).
U.S. Marines on the White Beach in Cap Batangan, Vietnam. The marines walk on the beach and toss their life jackets in a pile after off-loading from Landing Craft Utility LCU-1477. The marines move through the surf from a landing craft. Groups of Vietnamese civilians huddled on the beach under guard. The marines move inland towards a wooded area. LCU-1477 and LCU-1484 in the surf. A heavy tank leaves the LCU 1484 and moves through the surf towards the beach. (Vietnam War period).
Operation Piranha at White Beach in Cap Batangan, Vietnam. United States Marine personnel moving down combination ladder of the USS Bayfield (APA-33) with their packs and rifles. Marines board a waiting LCVP (Landing Craft, Vehicle, Personnel) alongside. LCVP in water. (Vietnam War period).
Navy officers confer in Iwo Jima, Japan during World War II. Bow section of a plane, with three-star emblem beneath the cockpit. U.S. Admiral Chester William Nimitz and U.S. Secretary of Navy James Forrestal come down a ladder and being greeted by officers. Forrestal and Nimitz talk with officers. A car pulls up. Navy personnel standing around.
U.S. fleet heading for Iwo Jima beaches for invasion during World War II. A wave of LVTs (Landing Vehicle Tracked) and landing craft underway towards a beach. Cruiser near the beach. Cruiser firing towards the beach. LVTs heading in a wave towards the beach. LCI (Lading Craft, Infantry) heading towards the beach. Smoke rises from Mount Surabachi in the background.
Invasion of Iwo Jima, Japan by U.S. Marine During World War II. LVTs coming up the beach of Iwo Jima. Crane and damaged ship in the background. Marine Corpsmen apply bandage to a wounded Marine. A battleship shelling beach. Marine running across a beach, stops and talks with a man in a foxhole. Beached amphibious craft.
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