Operation Jackstay in Vietnam. The shoreline of the Dong Tran River. A PCF (Patrol Craft Fast or Swift Boat) in the background. A 50 caliber machine gun mounted on the stern of the craft. The bank of the river in view. An operator sits on an ammunition box in th background on the fantail. The operator of the machine gun sits near the gun and looks towards the shoreline. BMC (Chief Boatswain's Mate) C.P. Gernigan fires the 50 caliber machine gun. He swings the gun back to its normal position. The chief and one of the crew toss empty shells over the side. The shoreline in view.
Coast Guard cutter 'Point Grey' in open waters in Vietnam. The crew of the boat stands on the deck. USCG (United States Coast Guard) R. Mitchell at the wheel in the wheelhouse. Lieutenant Junior Grade Rozoski stands in the background. Two men cover a 50 caliber machine gun on the craft. The craft underway at a high speed. Coastline in the background. Captain John T. Shepherd fires a 45 caliber submachine gun. Two crewmen stand by. A Swift Boat underway. A PCF-4 boat underway. A small junk boat passes by. The Commanding Officer Lieutenant Bitner talks with Mr. Baldwin of New York Times.
Swift Boat 'Point Grey' underway in Vietnam. A hilly shoreline in the background. A small island in the far background. A PCF-3 Swift Boat is docked at a pier at An-Thoi area. Captain Shepherd (U.S. Navy) on wooden dock area being instructed in firing of M-70 grenade launcher. The captain fires a grenade and lowers his gun. Lieutenant F.D. Scovel fires an M-79 launcher. Two Vietnamese look on. A harbor area in view. A small island in the far background. Lieutenant F.D. Scovel fires a grenade. Captain Shepherd fires the M-79 grenade launcher. The grenade strikes the water. The Swift Boat at the pier.
A small Vietnamese junk boat underway in Vietnam. Twelve Vietnamese natives aboard. Crewmen aboard a boat. A young Vietnamese boy secures lines around the bow aboard the junk. Four men in the stern of the junk boat. A Vietnamese flag flutters from the stern. GM1 M.J. Kelleher on swift boat covers the junk with a submachine gun. Papers of the Vietnamese natives being scanned. Cards and type-written sheets in hands of the two men scanning the papers. An old Vietnamese man smiles. Some of the deck covers are removed by the crew as the junk boat is checked.
Aerial view of small houses and huts among trees being bombed and strafed by U.S. A-1Skyraider aircraft during Vietnam War. Several trees and a stream flowing among them. A few huts among the trees. Thick smoke and fire rising from several areas in the region. Fields in view near the trees. Smoke emanating from huts near the fields. Smoke rising from several areas. Several trees in view. Few buildings in view. Smoke rising at a distance seen.
views from tail camera of a U.S. Air Force A-1E aircraft bombing enemy targets along a river bank during the Vietnam war. Large explosions behind the aircraft raise clouds of brown smoke from general purpose bombs it has dropped. Scene shifts to flight above jungle canopy, transitioning to low pass over group of huts along a river. The aircraft seems to be on a strafing run, producing a moderate explosion at one building and a small one at another. The view again shows a jungle canopy below, followed by heavy smoke and some flames on the ground, as pilot flies over a river bank already under attack by A-1E aircraft. View as camera aircraft makes low pass over several huts along the river bank. (Note: The A1E aircraft on this mission is believed to be from the 1st Air Commando Squadron, operating out of Bien Hoa Air Base.)
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