Twin mount of USS Mansfield (DD-728) during Operation Sea Dragon in Vietnam. The ship underway at high speed. Its guns trained to port continuously fires. Gun barrels of 5-inch guns. Captain Brooks W Setzer, Commanding Officer, Destroyer Division 152, moves away keeping one hand over his ear. Commander D P Nellis cups his hands over his mouth and hollers. Smoke is released as guns fire. USS Hanson underway at high speed, fires at shore continuously. Shells exploding in water. Smoke is released as guns fire from USS Mansfield. A boat on Mansfield secured in davits swings.
An officer in flak jacket looks through binoculars on USS Mansfield (DD-738) during Operation Sea Dragon in Vietnam. A man inside bridge talks on phone plotting some information. Captain Brooks W Setzer, Commanding Officer, Destroyer Division 152, donning his flak jacket. An officer looks through binoculars. Signalman uses a signal light to send a message to the USS Hanson (DD-832) in a distance. A second signalman looks through a telescope.
Opening scenes, photographed from the USS Mansfield (DD-728), shows a U.S. Allen M. Sumner-class destroyer bombarding the Vietnamese coast, during Operation Sea Dragon in the Vietnam War. Next, a sailor is seen looking through binoculars at the Mk 37 Director position above the bridge of the Mansfield. Closeup of the gun director. Next the Mansfield fires a salvo to port from one of her forward twin 8-inch guns. Smoke is seen above the shoreline. More views of the gun director punctuated by more salvos from the 8-inch guns. Closeup of gun barrels as they fire. Sailors on deck watching as smoke from firing drifts away. View forward from amidship, showing sailors looking over railing. A Browning .50 Caliber Machine Gun (M2) dominates foreground, where it is affixed to the ship railing. More salvos are fired from the Mansfield's forward guns. Shells strike the shore area.
F-4C's in flight. F-4C fighters land on runway at Phan Rang Air Base. Mountains in the background. F-4C taxis at Phan Rang Air Base. Air Force personnel give signal. (Vietnam War period).
Early morning at Phan Rang Air Base, Vietnam. F-4C aircraft parked in a row on the tarmac. A bit of water shines in sun. A few vehicles move slowly on the field. Dust rises in distance. Narrow stream of water glistens in foreground.
F-4 pilot, Lieutenant Isley, and his back seater, put on parachutes and survival gear. Technician assists them The proceed to their aircraft and speak with the Crew Chief, who discusses something in the aircraft Form I. Both crew members climb up a ladder and get into their respective seats, and fasten their helmets and oxygen masks.. (Vietnam War period).