F-8E Crusader aircraft of U.S. Marine Squadron VMF (AW) 232, (Red Devils) taxiing from revetment with wings folded and canopy open. A ground crewman wears noise suppressor headset and walks forward. The F-8E taxis out and joins another F-8E on the active runway. They proceed to take off successively. They are heavily loaded and require unusually long takeoff distances. Armorer and ground crewmen stand near to an F-8E in a revetment. The armorer inspects 250 pound bombs mounted under the aircraft's wing. (Vietnam War period).
American MCB-10 Seabee soldier replaces bulb in deck runway light after examining it at Camp Shields in Chu Lai. Man puts in new bulb and then replaces cover plate. Blast fence for jet turn-up built by MCB-10 group. View of an old blast fence that was used for jet turn-up earlier. (Vietnam War period).
View of Camp Shields. Supply office tent and disbursing tent. Lone Seabee walks by. View of Barber shop. Sign over door reads 'The Butcher Shop' and the sign below it reads 'Wait Outside'. Disbursing Office tent and protective wiring on side of tent. MCB-10 Delta Company Office. Front entrance to Dental office. View of medical department in compound. MCB-10 embarkation office and photo lab. U.S. soldier leaving tent. View of MCB-10 operations office. Seabee leaving the operations office. (Vietnam War period).
Seabee soldiers around around a cage like structure. Malaysian Honey Bear cub, mascot of MCB-10, frolics with Seabees. The bear cub is fed by the Seabees. The bear cub comes out of opening and stands on hind legs as a seabee feed it. The small black bear cub sits and is fed by a seabee. Bear frolics on sand. Bear turns and somersaults. Bear stands on hind feet. Bear runs up a sandy hill to a machine gun emplacement. Bear climbs down emplacement over sand, turns around and climbs back up. Seabee plays with bear on the hill. (Vietnam War period).
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.
Fire Support Base "Husky", home of Headquarters Battery, 2nd Battalion, 35th Artillery Regiment (155, SP) Xuan Loc,Vietnam. Aerial view from a UH-1 Huey helicopter, of the base and surrounding terrain. Mountains in the background. [Note: C Battery 7th Battalion, 9th Artillery (105 Howitzer) occupied the other half of the FSB. The base was attacked on the night of May 17/18, 1969, by NVA sappers, mortars, and rockets. Fourteen Americans and an estimated 80 to 90 NVA were killed.]
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