U.S. troops aboard USS Bayfield (APA-33) during Operation Piranha on the White Beach, Cap Batangan, Vietnam. Troops on the deck of USS Bayfield wait for transportation to the beachhead. Crew member swab the deck of the ship. Two armored personnel carriers LVTP-5s (Landing Vehicle Tracked, Personnel) in water. (Vietnam War period).
U.S. Army Operation Piranha on the White Beach, Cap Batangan, Vietnam. Armored personnel carriers LVTP-5s (Landing Vehicle Tracked, Personnel) in water. One LVTP-5 underway near the side of a ship. Three LCTP-5s and one LCM-10 (Landing Craft, Mechanized) underway. An APD (high speed transport ship) at anchor. A man in a boat over the telephone. A U.S. Navy Sikorsky UH-34D helicopter on the deck of an LSD (Landing Ship, Dock). UH-34D takes off from USS Cabildo (LSD-16). (Vietnam War period).
U.S. Marines at a field communication center on the White beach during Operation Piranha in Cap Batangan, Vietnam. Marines sit on the beach. A marine on the beach talks over a phone. A marine unit around the field communications center. Marines sit around on the beach. One in the foreground talks over a phone. Two small boys, one carrying a smaller child in his arms, move down the beach. A large group of civilians being huddled on the beach by the marines. All civilians are wearing black and are under heavy guard. (Vietnam War period).
Landing of U.S. Marines and offloading of vehicles during Operation Piranha in Cap Batangan, Vietnam. Marines drive mechanical mules on the dry beach area. LVTP-5s on the beach, one lowers its ramp. A mechanical mule off-loads from the LVTP-5. A corpsman bandages a woman's arm. LCM-10 (Landing Craft, Mechanized) in the surf. The marines wade through the deep surf towards the beach area. Anti-tank vehicle Ontos off-loading from an LVTP-5. (Vietnam War period).
Operation Piranha at White Beach in Cap Batangan, Vietnam. United States Marine personnel moving down combination ladder of the USS Bayfield (APA-33) with their packs and rifles. Marines board a waiting LCVP (Landing Craft, Vehicle, Personnel) alongside. LCVP in water. (Vietnam War period).
U.S. Army Special Forces operating near Ba Me Ga west of Ban Me Thout, Vietnam. A Special Forces Mobile Strike Force (Mike Force) soldier slits open a Vietcong rice bag. The team encounters a dying Vietcong soldier in brush. Mike Force member searches the VC's body for documents. Information about Vietcong anti-tank mines and tax collection documents are reportedly found on the VC. ( Note: It has also been reported that some elements of the Mike Force unit drove over an uncharted anti tank mine on the way back to base, after the mission, killing and wounding members of Special Forces, Australian Army Training Team Vietnam, and Montagnard strike force troopers.)