United States Mobile Riverine Force (9th Infantry Division) in Vietnam. ASPB (Assault Patrol Boat) underway in a river. A Landing Craft (Monitor) passes by. The ASPBs leave the large river and enter a canal. A Monitor underway. A ramp is lowered and soldiers go ashore. A 50 caliber machine gun turret on the Monitor. A naval officer in command position aboard the Monitor. He speaks over the radio phone. A United States flag in the background. (Vietnam War period).
U.S. soldiers of Mobile Riverine Force (9th Infantry Division) in Vietnam. A soldier crosses a narrow footbridge across a canal near a shore. Soldiers being shuttled across a deep narrow canal by the Boston Whaler canal boat. The soldiers struggle up a muddy embankment. ATCs (Armored Troop Carriers) slowly make their way up the canal. An ATC tows the Boston Whaler. Two soldiers wash their muddy uniforms and equipment in the river. (Vietnam War period).
U.S. Mobile Riverine Force (9th Infantry Division) in Vietnam. United States helicopter UH-1D Iroquois lands on the flight deck of an ATC (Armored Troop Carrier) at a shore. The Boston Whaler canal boat loaded with soldiers approaches the ATC. The soldiers get off the Boston Whaler boat onto the ATC. The soldiers board the UH-1D Iroquois helicopter. The canal boat leaves. UH-1D Iroquois helicopter takes off. (Vietnam War period).
United States soldiers of Mobile Riverine Force (9th Infantry Division) (Brown Water Navy) in Vietnam during the Vietnam War. The U.S. soldiers set fire to shelters in Viet Cong training center. Vietnamese banners in the shelters. ATCs (Armored Troop Carrier) and ASPBs (Assault Patrol Boats) beached at the bank of a canal. United States flags on the boats. A Viet Cong hut burns. Flames and smoke rises up. River Assault Flotilla One Program 4 Monitor M-111-3 (of RAD 111) seen at shore. ASPB (Assault Patrol Boat) A-112-2 underway; soldiers aboard the boat.
U.S. Navy aircraft carrier USS Wasp (CVS-18) arrives in the City of Newport News, Virginia during World War II. Men carry their baggage and disembark from the USS Wasp. WACs (Women's Army Corps ) stand in the foreground. Several documents kept on a table. The troops disembark.
Characteristics and capabilities of (MSL) Minesweeper ships in World War 2. The Shallow Minesweepers are called MSL. These ships are equipped for detecting, destroying, removing or neutralizing explosive marine mines. A ship underway at a sea. A gas turbine engine of the Minesweeper ship in view. Haul of the ship is made of wood. Minimum magnetic machinery used in the Minesweeper ship. A man at controls of MSL. The crew on the ship consists of 4-6 men. The MSL is lowered from the mother ship. The mines are swept. Animated diagram shows the minesweepers operation. MSL equipment for moored mines is mechanical sweeping gear. Explosive cutters, bridle and hand operated winches in view. The sweep wires are rolled on drums. A towed body is used to maintain the sweep at desired position. A man operates the controls. An animated diagram shows the mechanism of sweeping. acoustic mine gear, device and support float in view. Men work on the MSL.
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