Operation Piranha in Cap Batangan, Vietnam. U.S. vessels and crafts in water. Well deck of USS Cabildo (LSD-16). The beach area. Explosions going off on hill tops from shell fire and jet bomb explosions. Some landing crafts are moving back towards the ships through water. Smoke drifts off from the hill tops in the background. An LCM (Landing Craft, Mechanized) in water and LVTP-5s (Landing Vehicle Tracked, Personnel) in water in the background.
Camouflaged AC-47 parked at Bien Hoa Air Base, Vietnam No 1 engine starts. Man signals aircraft. Aircraft taxis.
Camouflaged AC-47 parked at Bien Hoa Air Base, Vietnam. Another AC-47 in the background. No1 engine starts. Man signals pilot. Aircraft taxies on airfield. Aircraft takes off from runway. Aircraft in flight.
Chocks being pulled from aircraft AC-47 gear at Bien Hoa Air Vase, Vietnam. Crew Members board camouflaged AC-47 late in evening. Ground crewman gives hand signals for engine start. AC-47 parked and No 1 engine starts. AC-47 taxies out of flight line. AC-47 takes off from runway.
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.
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