Aircraft lined at the flight deck of USS Constellation (CVA-64) at Yankee Station, Gulf of Tonkin. USS Constellation pulls from USS Pollux (AKS-4) following unrep (underway replenishment). C-1A type aircraft towed backwards over the flight deck by a tractor. Smoke comes from the smokestack of USS Constellation. E-2A aircraft parked. Two men walk on deck carrying spare parts and tire. Character drawings and remarks written on Zuni rocket pods under wing of A-4 Skyhawk airplane.
United States 50th Infantry soldier with rifles in hand walk in bushy area. They fire at the enemy. White smoke rises from an explosion. Helicopter lands on field and takes off soon after United States soldiers get aboard. The helicopter in flight. Helicopter lands on field and soldiers disembark from it and run into bushes. (Vietnam War period).
United States Navy Inshore Fire Support Ship, USS Carronade (IFS-1), during Vietnamese Counteroffensive - Phase III, during the Vietnamese War. Captain of the ship, Lieutenant Commander Roy E. McCoy, stands on bridge, in steel helmet and battle gear, looking through binoculars with cigar in his hand. Sailors speak over radio. Naval personnel stand and watch from a bridge. Rows of rocket launchers installed on deck. Rockets are fired. Sailors work on charts and maps inside the ship, showing inshore waters. Sailors relay plotting information over radio to fire command station. (Vietnam War period).
USS Carronade (IFS-1) during Vietnam War. Twin barrels of a 40 mm gun highlighted against the sky. View of gun mount and barrels -- likely mount 41, just aft of the 5" 38cal and one deck up. (There was another 40mm gun at mount 42, on the fantail.)
USS Carronade (IFS-1) providing Inshore fire support during Vietnam War. Views of shoreline from the ship. Rockets fired from the Carronade land on shore and in the surf. Fire Control Technicians, in battle gear, look over charts. One uses pair of compasses to measure, and speaks over radio. Sailors use hose to water down 5 inch rocket shell that misfired and rolled onto the deck. A Sailor throws the dud over the side of the ship into the water.
U.S. soldiers throw captured equipment into fire in deserted Vietcong jungle camp. Soldiers look at captured equipment. Soldiers search hut in camp. (Vietnam War period).
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