A U.S. Marine Corps UH-1E Huey gunship stands stationary while rockets are loaded onto it. with engine running and main rotor blades turning. View of the helicopter's cockpit. The helicopter marks enemy positions with smoke. M-60 machine guns and rockets are fired at the targets. Explosions on the ground. A-4 jet attacks the targets. (Vietnam War period).
USS Oriskany (CVA-34) suffering from accidental fire as result of flares igniting aboard ship, while operating in South China Sea off Vietnam. Many sailors on flight deck holding hose lines. A few firefighters and their gear on deck. Smoke issuing from fire below flight deck. Fire extinguishing foam being pumped into the area of fire. Sailors, ankle deep in foam hold the hose lines. Below deck in the burning area, firefighters enter and leave while tethered to lines held by sailors.
Accidental fire started by a flare aboard USS Oriskany (CVA-34)aircraft carrier off South Vietnam. Men from damage control party work to control fire and smoke. Men gather around UH-2A helicopter after it lands bringing firefighting supplies. Sailors take a chow break and eat combat rations. (Vietnam War period).
Accidental burning below decks from a flare accident on USS Oriskany (CVA-34) off South Vietnam. Sailors hold water hose lines all over the deck. Fire fighters with breathing apparatus. Several officers in khakis seen on deck. Sailors fight fire below deck at side of ship. Smoke rises from the burning area. Another U.S. Aircraft Carrier (USS Constellation or the USS Franklin D. Roosevelt) is seen nearby. Firefighter emerges and ascends steps from area of fire. He pulls off his breathing gear mask. Smoke continues to rise from the area of fire. (Vietnam War period).
The plight of South East Asian refugees, with focus on role of international organizations in South East Asia. Vietnamese soldiers move into action in grassy field during Vietnam war. Ravages of war showing damaged homes and ruins. Trucks being driven and refugees carry their belongings.
The city of Saigon and the Tan Son Nhut Air Base in Vietnam. Aerial view of the city of Saigon and the Air Base. Army of the Republic of Vietnam (ARVN) Sikorsky H-34 Choctaw helicopter,a South Vietnamese Air Force (VNAF) Douglas A-1E Skyraider aircraft,A-1H Skyraider aircraft and Douglas C-47 Skytrain aircraft parked on the Air Base. (Vietnam War period).
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