Massive damage on board USS Forrestal (CV-59) in the Gulf of Tonkin, Vietnam. A burned and damaged helmet lies on the deck, swaying in the wind. Several men from damage control teams and naval officers walk on the damaged deck area. They examine gaping holes due to rocket and bomb explosions. Twisted metal and scorched areas visible. The port side of the flight deck is partially sheared off, with rubble and twisted metal.
American comedian Bob Hope performs for United Service Organization (USO) at Tan Son Nhut air base in Vietnam. Bob Hope's entertainment troupe walk towards the stage. General Nguyen Cao Ky walks with the entertainment troupe. General Westmoreland arrives with Bob Hope.
Bomb handled aboard USS Constellation (CVA-64) at Gulf of Tonkin, Vietnam. Ordnance men wheel Snakeye bombs. RA-5A aircraft parked in the background. Auxiliary power unit (APU) parked by aircraft. Aviation Ordnance men walk on flight deck. Snakeye bombs wheeled. A-4C aircraft spotted by a tractor. Aviation Ordnance men wheel Snakeye bombs on a cart. Pylon contains a bomb. A bomb cart wheeled under wing. A large rod is screwed in nose of bomb. Snakeye bombs attached to bomb. Steel rod is then unscrewed. Aviation Ordnance men use tools in tightening nuts on bombs. A fuse is screwed. Missile men wheel bomb cart carrying Sidewinder Missiles. A-4C aircraft loaded with bombs. A-4C aircraft stand in rows on the deck.
Trooper in sandbag bunker. Military ambulance moves up roadway. An ambulance moves down past gatehouse and circles to left. Buildings in the background, part of Tan Son Entrance Base complex. Men stand near jeep and other men stand near stone wall in the background with rifles. Small ambulance moves along roadway, truck bars most of road. Troopers talk on road. Trooper with armored vest, jeep passes directing traffic. Circle of smoke in sky from bombing in the distant background. Men off-load ammunition from UH-1D helicopter. They stack it in truck in the background. Vietnamese handle ammunition and carry it off, some ammunition lowered into UH-1D. UH-1D takes off from revetment. Two parachute flares in night sky, rows of white lights. An explosion occurs in the far background. (Vietnam War period).
Reconstruction of activities that took place during the Gulf of Tonkin Incident 2-5 August 1964. USS Ticonderoga underway in the Gulf of Tonkin. U.S. Navy A-1H Skyraider aircraft parked on the flight deck of USS Ticonderoga. Other aircraft parked in the background. Bombs are loaded under the wings of the aircraft. Men of the ship's Marine Detachment, supervised by an Aviation Ordnanceman, hang the bombs on the wings. A gas crew fuels the wing pod on the aircraft. Hoses in the foreground. Men of the Marine Detachment push bomb carts over the flight deck, with bombs to be loaded aboard the aircraft.. They are monitored by Aviation Ordnancemen, AOC Fidel Cisneroz, AO3 Jim Freemon, and LTJG Dan Clark. Four pilots in flight gear, walk on the flight deck. Aviation ordnancemen, AOAN Carl Collier (viewers left) and AO3 Ron Colaw use a small bomb hoist to place a 1000 pound bomb under the carriage of the A-1H aircraft. (Vietnam War period).
Simulation of activities that took place in 2-5 August, 1964, during the Gulf of Tonkin Incident A U.S. ship underway in the Gulf of Tonkin. Sailors man a 5 inch 54 gun mount. Men enter the hatch of the gun mount. Twin rapid fire. A three- inch gun being manned. Sailors don battle gear. 3 inches rapid fire twin mount being trained. A pointer on the twin 3 inches gun. Two crew members on the 3 inches gun. (Vietnam War period).
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