During the Vietnam War, President Lyndon B. Johnson addresses the United States public during the “Radio and Television Report to the American People Following Renewed Aggression in the Gulf of Tonkin” from the Fish Room at the White House in August 4, 1964. "Renewed hostile actions against United States ships on the high seas in the Gulf of Tonkin have today required me to order the military forces of the United States to take action in reply,” says President Johnson. The USS Constellation (CV-64) aircraft carrier sailing. Pilots walk away from Douglas EKA-3B Skywarrior fighter jets in the USS Constellation. Aircrafts fire missiles, destroying facilities in North Vietnam. United States Secretary of Defense Robert McNamara addresses the public to explain the direct attack against North Vietnam. “We wish to emphasize we seek no wider war. Our response will depend upon the action of the aggressors, in this case the North Vietnamese. The key to the situation remains the cessation of infiltration from the North into the South,” says Secretary McNamara.
463rd Airlift Operations in support of humanitarian and combat operations in South East Asia. C-130 Hercules parked on the ground at Dak To in Vietnam. Propeller and wings on the aircraft. The aircraft taxis on dirt road. ARVN (Army of Republic of Vietnam) troops come out from C-130 aircraft. Vietnamese children watch the troops. C-130 Hercules lands and taxis on runway. (Vietnam War period).
Flood relief operations being carried on in Vietnam as C-47 aircrafts bring in supplies from Tan Son Nhut Air Base. Two Vietnam Air force C-47 aircrafts taxi along the runway at Rach Gia airport and take off. Three C-47 planes come in for landing. Planes land and taxi along the runway. A C-47 aircraft turns around and takes off to the right of the runway. C-47 aircraft taxis towards the Rach Gia tower. (Vietnam War period).
Flood relief operations being carried on in Vietnam as C-47 aircrafts bring in supplies from Tan Son Nhut Air Base. Two Vietnam Air force C-47 aircrafts taxi along the runway at Rach Gia airport and take off. Planes taxi along the runway toward Rach Gia tower. Two Vietnamese men wearing conical straw hats sit in a grassy field at the airport as a plane comes in and taxis along the background. (Vietnam War period).
Bombardment of target areas around Bien Hoa Province by U.S. Air Force aircraft during Vietnam War in Vietnam. Aerial view of A canal in view with trees and fields on either side, 6 miles Southwest of Bien Hoa Province in Vietnam. U.S. Air Force aircraft drops general-purpose bombs on Viet Cong concentration in the target areas as grey smoke rises. Several fields in view. Another General-purpose bomb blasts on a target area. Black smoke spreads in the air above the trees. Fields in an area.
U.S. Air Force aircraft bombs target areas around Bien Hoa in Vietnam during the Vietnam War. The smoke from a napalm blast spreads above trees, 6 miles Southwest of Bien Hoa Province in Vietnam. A General-purpose bomb dropped by a U.S. Air Force aircraft blasts on a target area in the region. Black smoke rises into the air. Several napalm bombs dropped in several areas. Smoke rising from the bombed regions. Several fields in the area.
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