United States Navy patrol boats (Swift Boats) underway at a sea in Vietnam. Sailors aboard the patrol boats. They load grenade launchers and 50 caliber machine guns. Mortar shells are unpacked from casings. Mortar is loaded and fired. Smoke rises up due to explosions at the base of mountains near the shore.
United States Navy patrol boats (Swift Boats) underway at a sea in Vietnam. Sailors aboard the patrol boats fire 50 caliber machine guns. Mortar shells are loaded and fired. Smoke rises up due to explosions at the base of mountains near the shore. Bullets of 50 caliber machine guns hit the water surface and the beach. A United States flag on the boat.
Repair of a Swift Boat tied to a barge in Vietnam. The barge is secured up alongside the USS Tutuila (ARG-4). Port bow of the Swift Boat in view. A man works on one of the engines of the boat. The hatch of the Swift Boat is opened. Men work on engines. Two men work on a starboard engine. A man uses a speed wrench. He removes the bolts from the side of the engine being worked on. He boards the boat. Two men go down in the pit and work on an engine. A Swift Boat underway. Mountains in the background. Crew on the deck of the boat. A United States flag aboard the boat. The boat makes a starboard turn. An island in the background. The stern of the Swift Boat PCF-6.
Junk Repair Facility in Vietnam. Repair Facility Advisor Lieutenant Francis Zimmerman seated on a desk. A civilian Vietnamese worker stands near a desk in the background. Lieutenant Nam seated on the desk in his office. Paperwork is being signed by him. Lieutenant Zimmerman and Lieutenant Nam talk to each other.
Junk Repair Facility in Vietnam. Junk at the Quay Wall. A crane picks the junk from water. Activity aboard a boat and the Quay Wall in the foreground. Vietnamese personnel stand near the water. Men handle a steel cable. Vietnamese men stand on the Quay Wall. Men stand on a boat. They bring up slings to pick up the junk brought out of the water. Men on deck hook up slings. A crane operator in a mobile crane. U.S. Navy enlisted men at the controls of the mobile crane. The crane hook in view. A cable moves around a drum. Men stand in the foreground. A small barge being placed under stern. The stern set down on the barge. Men work around the screw and shaft. The stern of the boat rests on the barge. A damaged screw in view. Workers move plankings with a crowbar from old junk. They salvage part of the old junk.
Interior of a supply building in Vietnam. SK-2 James F. O'Neill talks with a supply officer. The supply officer Trinhlong Hai, ensign in the Vietnamese Navy. They stand by the supply shelves. James F. O'Neill and Trinhlong Hai look over some of the supplies in the shelves. James F. O'Neill holds a small coil in his hands. Two large reels of wire on a hand dolly are being moved along the floor in the supply building. EN-1 Lloyd Roger Bandy talks with Vietnamese Chief EN Tran Hung Hoan. A sailor works with a metal lathe in a shop. A piece of metal being turned on the lathe. Lloyd Roger Bandy talks with the Vietnamese Chief talk in the background. A man grinds a valve. A liquid being poured on the valve while it is being ground. A hole is drilled in the engine block.