Re-enactment of activities that took place during the Gulf of Tonkin Incident , August 2nd -5th, 1964. USS Ticonderoga underway in the Gulf of Tonkin. Lieutenant Commander Brumbaugh boards a U.S. Navy A-1H Skyraider aircraft. He climbs into the cockpit. The plane captain, ADRAN Andy Kolesar, comes up onto the wing of the aircraft. He hands the pilot his helmet and assists him with his shoulder harness. Aviation ordnance men, AOAN Carl Collier and AO3 Ron Colaw, work underneath the aircraft. A 1000 pound bomb is hooked up under the undercarriage of the aircraft.
Simulation of activities that took place in 2-5 August, 1964, during the Gulf of Tonkin Incident A U.S. ship underway in the Gulf of Tonkin. Sailors man a 5 inch 54 gun mount. Men enter the hatch of the gun mount. Twin rapid fire. A three- inch gun being manned. Sailors don battle gear. 3 inches rapid fire twin mount being trained. A pointer on the twin 3 inches gun. Two crew members on the 3 inches gun. (Vietnam War period).
Reconstruction of activities that took place during the Gulf of Tonkin Incident 2-5 August 1964. USS Maddox underway in the Gulf of Tonkin. Commander Ogier takes bearings on a pelorus. Commander Ogier and Lieutenant Commander D. M. Jackson talk on the wing of the bridge while in battle gear. Commander Ogier talks over a phone. (Vietnam War period).
Re-enactment of events that took place during 2-5 August, 1964, in the Gulf of Tonkin Incident. A U.S. ship underway in the Gulf of Tonkin. A sailor loads shells into a 3 inch gun. The gun commences rapid fire, stops and commences firing again. A pointer raises and lowers the twin three inch guns. Two crew members at a gun mount as the gun points. The gun mount rotates and stops. The gun mount manned by the gun crew.
U.S. President Lyndon B. Johnson on August 4, 1964, announcing that he is ordering U.S. military forces to respond to an incident involving hostile action by North Vietnamese in the Gulf of Tonkin. View of the U.S. Aircraft Carrier, USS Constellation (CV-64) underway in the Gulf of Tonkin, off Vietnam. Next, pilots are seen walking on flight deck of the carrier,USS TICONDEROGA (CVA-14). Behind them are A-3B Skywarriors of VAH-4 "Fourrunners," Det. B (tail code "ZB"). One displays BuNo 142255. Clear view, from another aircraft overhead, of a U.S. carrier-based Douglas A-4 Skyhawk aircraft diving and firing a rocket at a target in North Vietnam and pulling out over hills afterwards. View of another rocket headed toward a target in hills, followed by fairly close views of an A-4 making another attack. U.S. Secretary of Defense, Robert MacNamara, broadcasting that "We seek no wider war."
A film about the role of Chaplains in United States Navy during Vietnam War in Vietnam. U.S. Navy Chaplain Corps flag as Chief of Chaplains James W. Kelly stands next to it. The Chief sits at a desk and says that American soldiers in Vietnam strongly believe in God. He holds a book and opens it. An aircraft carrier in the Gulf of Tonkin as a U.S. aircraft takes off from the carrier. The aircraft in flight. The soldiers on a field as a Chaplain conducts a prayer service.
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