Operation Seafloat in the Cua Lon River,Vietnam. Armed Vietnamese personnel board PCFs (Patrol Craft Fast, also called Swift Boats) along side a barge. A gun mounted aboard a PCF. Men on the PCF. A USN (United States Navy) man in a flak jacket and helmet works inside the cabin of the vessel. A barge personnel on deck works with weapons. Vietnamese soldiers clean and oil M-16 rifles on the PCF. American personnel with M-16 rifles. A U.S. flag seen fluttering in the background. Heavy foliage on the riverbank as seen during a fire fight. Vietnamese soldiers move into heavy brush. An RVN (Republic of Vietnam) personnel moves out of a cabin on the river craft. Armed PCF moves slowly up the river. River craft at bank of the river. Other crafts seen. A part of the bow of the PCF in the river appears to have been shot away. (Vietnam War period).
Riverine Operation in the Vinh Te Canal, Vietnam. Several dead Viet Cong soldiers on the ground in brush near water. A young wounded Viet Cong soldier. RVN (Republic of Vietnam) troopers around the wounded boy. A dead Viet Cong along the canal bank. Trees damaged by machine gun fire. PBRs (Patrol Boat River) framed in the foreground. Vietnamese soldiers take care of the wounded Viet Cong boy. A Vietnamese hospital corpsman prepares bandages for him. The wounded boy lying on the grass on his back. Decomposed body of a dead Viet Cong. USN (United States Navy) PBR crewmen bend over the man. A dead Viet Cong soldier with left arm severed at the shoulder. (Vietnam War period).
Operation Game Warden in Mekong Delta, Republic of Vietnam. United States UH-1B helicopter lifts off for a strike at night. Running lights of the copter seen. Flares burn in the sky. Rockets and gun tracers head towards Viet Cong targets during the night strike. (Vietnam War period).
Activities during an airlift at an air base on Diego Garcia Island, Indian Ocean. An airman stands beside a U.S. Air Force C-141A Starlifter aircraft. He looks at a partially opened emergency door. The aircraft parked with opened cargo doors. A K loader vehicle loaded with palletized cargo moves towards the aircraft. United States Air Force men pushes the pallet from the K loader vehicle into the C-141A Starlifter aircraft using a pry bar. The K loader vehicle backs away from the aircraft.
Activities at an air base on Diego Garcia Island, Indian Ocean. A K loader vehicle approaches the United States Air Force C-141A Starlifter aircraft. Two sailors uncouple a fuel hose from the C-141A Starlifter aircraft and refuel a truck. An airman on maintenance stands beside the C-141A Starlifter aircraft engine. A palletized aircraft propeller is pushed onto the K loader from the C-141A Starlifter aircraft. A sailor tightens tie down chains on the K loader. Loaded K loader backs away from aircraft. A U.S. Navy P-3C Orion maritime patrol aircraft is parked on a flight line.
Activities at an air base on Diego Garcia Island, Indian Ocean. A K loader vehicle backs away from the United States Air Force C-141A Starlifter aircraft. A U.S. Navy P-3C Orion maritime patrol aircraft is parked on a flight line in the background. A sailor takes a fuel sample from a hose coupled to the C-141A Starlifter aircraft. He hands the fuel filled jar to an airman. The airman inspects the fuel sample and then hands the jet fuel card to the sailor. Then he signs the card for fuel. A crew chief with a headset stands on the flight line. Construction men work on the cement floor of a new building.
CRITICALPAST.COM: About Us | Contact Us | FAQs - How to Order | License Agreement | My Account | My Lightboxes | Shopping Cart | Advanced Search | Featured Collections | Website Terms & Conditions | Privacy Policy ©2026 CriticalPast LLC.
License Agreement |
Terms & Conditions |
Privacy Policy
©2026 CriticalPast LLC.