Smoke rises from the ground in Binh Duong province, South Vietnam. UH-1D helicopters land. UH-1D in flight. UH-1D helicopters take off and land.
Bob Hope and Racquel Welch at camp Enari in Pleiku, South Vietnam. Bob hope performs on the stage. Racquel Welch comes on the stage and dances. Bob and Welch perform together. Bob sings and Welch dances. Welch sings and Bob dances.
A feature film about PBR (Patrol Boat River) at Binh Thuy Air Base, Mekong Delta, Republic of Vietnam. The stern of a PBR pulls away from the pier. PBRs tied up in the background. American flags seen on the PBRs. The wake of the PBR and after part of .50 caliber machine gun protrudes. Crewmen of the PBR search a sampan for illegal cargo. Crewmen seated in Vietnamese sampan. Junk comes up alongside. A small sampan with women, children and food pulls up alongside. Crewmen along the side of the PBR. The small sampan pulls up alongside for a search. A woman holds up an ID card. A crewman checks the ID card and papers. Crewmen go down aisle amidst Vietnamese craft.
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.
Activities aboard a Swift Boat in An Thoi, Republic of Vietnam. L L Ellis, BM2 (Boatswain's Mate Second Class) seated on a box on fantail fixing potatoes for dinner. P H Harp, EN2 (Engineman Second Class) sets up a home made stove on fantail to cook dinner on the Swift Boat. Ellis prepares, peals and cuts potatoes in the background. Frozen steak is placed on the grill. J G Priebe at the helm of the Swift Boat at sea. His one hand on throttle and other on helm. Harp prepares dinner. Crew member dives overboard from Swift Boat during swim call. R R Allen climbs back onto cabin for another dive. Allen dives back into water and pops back to the surface. Shoreline in the background. Two men in water next to Swift boat during swim call.
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