U.S. 1st Marine Aircraft Wing in action in South Vietnam. Ground troops about 20 meters away from the enemy. 1st Marine Aircraft Wing Headquarter is contacted. Personnel at air base takes the information about location. Pilots are briefed by a briefing officer. He says three runs on target and last man calls off target. Pilots and crew run towards aircraft. They sit in F-4 Phantom and A-4 Sky Hawks. Crafts taxi out of revetments and take off. Ground troops fire. Aerial views as bombers and fighter jets drop bombs and fire rockets on enemy targets. Fire and explosions on ground. Point of view (POV) shots from forward underbelly of aircraft showing rocket launchers as rockets are fired at targets. Dramatic explosions on ground. Marine Forward Air Controller informs the base about accurate bombing. Ground troops move forward. Viet civilians walk on road. (Vietnam War period).
U.S. bomber aircraft drop bombs on Vietcong positions in North Vietnam. They blast railroad lines, power stations, supply camps and enemy convoys. They drop bombs on airstrips and river banks in Thailand. (Vietnam War period).
USS Providence (CLG-6) underway in the South China Sea off South Vietnam. A plotting room aboard USS Providence with various stations manned. A crewman works over a map in the plotting room. He uses various instruments to draw grids on charts. A man writes information on a clipboard and an officer uses sound-powered phones. A man operates Mark 8 Able computer in the plotting room. The man turns a small handle at the side of the computer during adjustment. The computer shows two dials in motion. A plotting officer with a salvo computer in right background. A salvo operator wearing phones looks toward left to the plotting room officer. A man's both hands on the triggers for firing of the guns. The salvo operator talks over a phone. A starboard beam view of the USS Providence at a sea off the coast of South Vietnam. An officer and two crewmen work over an MK I Able computer on CIC aboard the USS Providence.
CIC (Combat Information Center) aboard the USS Providence (CLG-6) underway in the South China Sea off South Vietnam. An operator turns a knob on an MK 1 Able computer in CIC aboard the USS Providence. The computer operator wearing phones as he stands over the MK 1 Able computer. A plotting room officer over a phone writes on a clipboard. View at a section of a computer and target of striker range gauge. The operator turns a knob on the computer. Gauges on the computer. The MK 1 Able computer. The operator moves triggers to fire the guns. The salvo operator's hands on two triggers. The operator stands in front of a large control panel and turns on several switches. Top surface of the MK 1 Able computer with operators turning knobs on the top of the computer. Two men in background also turn knobs on far end of the computer. (Vietnam War period).
USS Providence (CLG-6) underway in the South China Sea off South Vietnam. A stern view of the USS Haleakala (AE-25) being approached by the USS Providence. A port quarter view of the USS Providence firing at shore targets off Vietnam. A mountainous coastline in far background. A forward battery fires at the port. A boat approaches towards the ship.
Covers operation 'Gadsen' in Vietnam. Search and destroy mission by elements of First Brigade, 25th Infantry Division. Troops search captured Viet Cong hospital complex in heavy jungle. Troops inspect captured material. They set hut on fire. (Vietnam War period).
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