Operation Piranha in Cap Batangan, Vietnam. U.S. vessels and crafts in water. Well deck of USS Cabildo (LSD-16). The beach area. Explosions going off on hill tops from shell fire and jet bomb explosions. Some landing crafts are moving back towards the ships through water. Smoke drifts off from the hill tops in the background. An LCM (Landing Craft, Mechanized) in water and LVTP-5s (Landing Vehicle Tracked, Personnel) in water in the background.
Camouflaged AC-47 parked at Bien Hoa Air Base, Vietnam No 1 engine starts. Man signals aircraft. Aircraft taxis.
Camouflaged AC-47 parked at Bien Hoa Air Base, Vietnam. Another AC-47 in the background. No1 engine starts. Man signals pilot. Aircraft taxies on airfield. Aircraft takes off from runway. Aircraft in flight.
Chocks being pulled from aircraft AC-47 gear at Bien Hoa Air Vase, Vietnam. Crew Members board camouflaged AC-47 late in evening. Ground crewman gives hand signals for engine start. AC-47 parked and No 1 engine starts. AC-47 taxies out of flight line. AC-47 takes off from runway.
Activities aboard Swift Boats in An Thoi, Republic of Vietnam. A Swift Boat pulls out into the harbor. Mountains covered with trees in the background. It approaches USS Esteem (MSO-438) anchored out in harbor. L L Ellis, BM2 (Boatswain's Mate Second Class) controls the ship. His hands at the helm. P H Harp, EN2 (Engineman Second Class) pulls refueling nozzle aboard from the USS Esteem. Harps kneels down on fantail with the fuel nozzle and lets the fuel run down into the tank. He places a rag around the end of nozzle and pulls the nozzle out from the tank. He walks with the fuel hose. Harp refuels the tank and then puts hose over the side to let fuel drain from hose into water. He hands the refueling nozzle to a man on the Swift Boat.
Activities aboard a Fast Patrol Craft or Swift Boat in An Thoi, Republic of Vietnam. Swift boat at sea on Operation An Dang. Wake of Swift Boat underway at high speed. Stern of boat shows wake. Flags flying in breeze. Swift Boat flag flying below the ensign. L L Ellis, BM2 (Boatswain's Mate Second Class) at the helm of the boat underway at sea. J H Rhodes, GM3 (Gunners Mate Third Class) cleans the barrels of a .50 Caliber Machine Gun, duel mount. A cleaning rod is run back and forth through the barrel. Machine gun belted. Rhodes places lubricant on a cloth and runs the cloth down barrel of Machine gun. He works over the gun and applies a thin coat of grease to end of gun barrel with a brush.