Aerial view of A Shau Valley from helicopter as it brings troops of 101st Airborne Division to landing zone fury. U.S. Army UH-1H helicopter in flight. The helicopter lands. Troops disembark from the helicopter and the helicopter takes off. Supplies stacked on the Fire Support Base. The troops on the ground. Troops disembark from another helicopter and the helicopter takes off. The troops walk down a hill. (Note: Expanding on the opening slate, the A Shau Valley as seen from landing zone fury, was shot by SP5 Chris Jensen of the 221st Signal Company and Southeast Asia Pictorial Center, using 16 mm Film.) (Vietnam War period).
Dedication of the "John F. Kennedy Square" in Saigon, South Vietnam during the Vietnam War. South Vietnamese soldiers standing at attention at the side of the Notre Dame Cathedral of Saigon (01 Công xã Paris, Bến Nghé, Quận 1, Thành phố Hồ Chí Minh, Vietnam). United States Ambassador Henry Cabot Lodge, and the South Vietnamese Prime Minister, Maj. Gen. Nguyen Khanh, inspect South Vietnamese troops. A military band plays music. View of the square in front of the Notre Dame Cathedral of Saigon. Th Saigon Central Post Office (2 Công xã Paris, Bến Nghé, Quận 1, Thành phố Hồ Chí Minh 70000, Vietnam) is seen nearby. The square in front of Saigon's Roman Catholic Notre Dame Cathedral is renamed President John F. Kennedy Square, in honor of the late United States President John F. Kennedy. Vietnamese and White civilians witness the ceremony from across a street. ). Ambassador Henry Cabot Lodge reads a speech behind a podium. Prime Minister Nguyen Khanh listens to the United States Ambassador’s speech. United States military officials in attendance. Ambassador Lodge and Prime Minister Nguyen Khanh jointly unveils a plaque to the memory of President John F. Kennedy. Plaque reads “Cong Truong Tong Thong John F. Kennedy”. Photographers take photos of the unveiling event. South Vietnamese soldiers standing at attention as a staff car drives away. Statue of the Virgin Mary in the square.
Men dig new radar installation platform. Aerial view of French lighthouse on a hill. Man looks through binoculars from a lookout tower on top of a mountain. View of ships in Cam Ranh Bay through a bunker slit. Wrecked old French lighthouse. Harbor Patrol Command Post on top of the mountain.
USS Pollux (AKS-4) underway in Gulf of Tonkin near Yankee Station. Bow of USS Constellation (CVA-64). Many aircraft on the flight deck. USS Pollux approached on the port side by USS Constellation. Aircraft parked on flight deck. Men in red shirt on deck. Line gun in the aiming position. Stern of USS Pollux with stores on deck for unrep operation (underway replenishment). Men move on the deck. Signal paddle man keeps his paddle in circular motion. Wire passes through a steel sheave attached overhead on board USS Constellation. Stores come over on high line. Men on deck edge elevator. Cargo net of stores lowered. Men pull the cargo net back. The stores moved into the hangar bay. Cargo net of stores leaves Pollux by high line. Men handle the supplies.
Men in yellow helmet and life jacket gives hand signals as he looks towards USS Pollux (AKS-4) at Yankee Station in Gulf of Tonkin, during unrep (underway replenishment) of USS Constellation (CVA-64). Sea in the background. Supplies are lowered on elevator. Fork lift moves out on the elevator. It picks the load of supplies and move into hangar bay. Men work with nylon cargo nets. Cargo net supplies coming on high lines. Two crewmen on an upper deck. A man with his hands on control keeps the high line tension equal during replenishment. Cargo nets of supplies come. Men work on the elevator. Men handle supplies in the hangar bay.
USS Pollux (AKS-4) and USS Constellation (CVA-64) underway at Yankee Station in Gulf of Tonkin. A destroyer ship in the background. Open bridge area of the USS Pollux with officers and men on bridge. Weather deck area of the USS Pollux. A man uses telephone looking through binoculars. USS Pollux alongside USS Constellation for unrepping operations (underway replenishment). A destroyer ship approaches. Men work on the mid-deck.
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