Dramatic aerial views from rear camera mounted on a U.S. Air Force Douglas A-1E Skyraider aircraft flying low over a coconut forest by a river in Vietnam. Several White Phosphorus and napalm bursts occur on the ground behind the aircraft as it makes a strafing and bombing run over enemy positions. Huts can be seen interspersed in the forest. The aircraft pulls up and climbs at the end of the attack run. (Note: The A1E aircraft [unseen] on this mission is believed to be from the 1st Air Commando Squadron, operating out of Bien Hoa Air Base, and piloted by Captain Chipdo, USAF).
Swift Boat, P.C.F Division 101 in An Thoi,Republic of Vietnam. Swift Boats nested in An Thoi. Large bay in the background. Boat 11 at departing side of boat 10. Boat 11 moves off. Boat 10 at causeway in the foreground. Crewmen aboard boat 10. Swift Boats 11 and 12 in far background en route back to causeway. Boat 12 tying up to causeway. Boat 11 returns to causeway. Man in foreground stands by to tend the lines. Another man jumps aboard one of the boats and throw a line to man on causeway. Boat 11 secured to the causeway. Several men in background. Starboard side of boat 12 backing out into the harbor leaving causeway.
Activities aboard PBRs during Operation Game Warden in Vietnam. A crewman fires an M-60 machine gun aboard a PBR (Patrol Boat River). A stern view of the PBR underway. A crewman fires a .50 caliber machine gun towards a river shoreline. A bucket of ammunition seen during the firing. A belt of ammunition moves through the gun. Hits and splashes are made along the shoreline.
Activities aboard USS Harnett County during Operation Game Warden in Vietnam. A hook is lowered to the PBR (Patrol Boat River) alongside. Crewmen hook up a sling to the hook to lift the boat out of the water. The PBR lifted out of the water. Crew disembarks from the PBR at a rail. A man holds onto a line leading up to a crane hook. A man gives hand signals on the deck. Port quarter of the PBR seen. The boat is lifted higher in the air. A crane operator looks towards the PBR as it swings on over the deck. A man controls the crane. Bow view of the PBR nested on the deck of USS Harnett County. A man holds on to guide lines as the boat is lowered further. The crane operator moves the control lever and the controls. The PBR in a large opening on the tank deck area of the ship. Some men in the foreground. A crane hook lifts up and out of the hold.
A newly developed Allied weapon airboat underway in water, Vietnam. Driven by airplane propellers it can operate on only four inches of water. Vietnamese soldiers on board the airboat.
Lieutenant Colonel John C. Hughes Commander of United States 52nd Aviation in Vietnam. Lieutenant Colonel Hughes and crew chief look at a map with United States UH-1B helicopter in the background. A Sergeant checks a M-60 machine gun. UH-1 B helicopters lined up at Ban Me Thout airstrip. UH-1Bs take off from the airstrip. A Sergeant on alert with a gun in an airborne helicopter.
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