The ship S.S. Fort Jackson, part of the U.S. emergency fleet in 1929, is destroyed by salvage buyers at Richmond Beach in Washington. Flames and smoke rising as the S.S. Fort Jackson falls to pieces.
U.S. troops aboard USS Bayfield (APA-33) during Operation Piranha on the White Beach, Cap Batangan, Vietnam. Troops on the deck of USS Bayfield wait for transportation to the beachhead. Crew member swab the deck of the ship. Two armored personnel carriers LVTP-5s (Landing Vehicle Tracked, Personnel) in water. (Vietnam War period).
U.S. Army Operation Piranha on the White Beach, Cap Batangan, Vietnam. Armored personnel carriers LVTP-5s (Landing Vehicle Tracked, Personnel) in water. One LVTP-5 underway near the side of a ship. Three LCTP-5s and one LCM-10 (Landing Craft, Mechanized) underway. An APD (high speed transport ship) at anchor. A man in a boat over the telephone. A U.S. Navy Sikorsky UH-34D helicopter on the deck of an LSD (Landing Ship, Dock). UH-34D takes off from USS Cabildo (LSD-16). (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).
A U.S. Air force F-100 Super sabre jet aircraft rounds out high in nose-high attitude, during attempted emergency landing at Edwards Air Force Base, California. The pilot applies power to go around without success as the F-100 enters a state known as a "Sabre Dance". The aircraft's right wing strikes the runway and it crashes on the runway in a ball of fire. (Note: This F-100 was being ferried from Palmdale, California, when it encountered problems, and the pilot elected to make an emegency landing at Edwards AFB)
The Sacramento Valley covered with flood waters. Evansville in Indiana and Henderson in Kentucky are invaded by high water as ice melts in the river. Chunks of ice in rivers. People stand on the beaches at higher area.
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