Seventh Fleet Operations in Vietnam. USS Mars (AFS-1) and USS Princeton (LPH-5) underway at sea. A destroyer moves away from USS Mars. Officers aboard USS Mars. Fuel hanging over side of USS Mars. The flight deck of the ship. Supplies coming over from USS Mars. The supplies come over a hi-line. Men stand on the mid deck area of the USS Mars. An FS-1 helicopter on the bow. Two men walk by in the foreground as a cargo net of supplies comes over the hi-line. Supplies come over on the hi-line to the USS Princeton for replenishment. The cargo net returns back to USS Mars. Men walk over the flight deck in the foreground.
Operation Jackstay in Vietnam. A pilot and a co-pilot seated in the cockpit of a helicopter. The helicopter in flight over a jungle. An aerial view of Mekong Delta region. Jungle area and tributaries in view. The helicopter in flight over water. Patrol Craft Fast vessels (PCFs or Swift Boats) in view. Starboard of an LSD (Landing Ship, Dock ). The helicopter flies towards the stern of the LSD. Landing of the helicopter executed by the pilot. The pilot and the co-pilot after the helicopter has set down on the deck. An aerial view of Mekong Delta. Wooded area and winding tributaries.
Operation Jackstay in Vietnam. The shoreline of the Dong Tran River. A PCF (Patrol Craft Fast or Swift Boat) in the background. A 50 caliber machine gun mounted on the stern of the craft. The bank of the river in view. An operator sits on an ammunition box in th background on the fantail. The operator of the machine gun sits near the gun and looks towards the shoreline. BMC (Chief Boatswain's Mate) C.P. Gernigan fires the 50 caliber machine gun. He swings the gun back to its normal position. The chief and one of the crew toss empty shells over the side. The shoreline in view.
Coast Guard cutter 'Point Grey' in open waters in Vietnam. The crew of the boat stands on the deck. USCG (United States Coast Guard) R. Mitchell at the wheel in the wheelhouse. Lieutenant Junior Grade Rozoski stands in the background. Two men cover a 50 caliber machine gun on the craft. The craft underway at a high speed. Coastline in the background. Captain John T. Shepherd fires a 45 caliber submachine gun. Two crewmen stand by. A Swift Boat underway. A PCF-4 boat underway. A small junk boat passes by. The Commanding Officer Lieutenant Bitner talks with Mr. Baldwin of New York Times.
Swift Boat 'Point Grey' underway in Vietnam. A hilly shoreline in the background. A small island in the far background. A PCF-3 Swift Boat is docked at a pier at An-Thoi area. Captain Shepherd (U.S. Navy) on wooden dock area being instructed in firing of M-70 grenade launcher. The captain fires a grenade and lowers his gun. Lieutenant F.D. Scovel fires an M-79 launcher. Two Vietnamese look on. A harbor area in view. A small island in the far background. Lieutenant F.D. Scovel fires a grenade. Captain Shepherd fires the M-79 grenade launcher. The grenade strikes the water. The Swift Boat at the pier.
A small Vietnamese junk boat underway in Vietnam. Twelve Vietnamese natives aboard. Crewmen aboard a boat. A young Vietnamese boy secures lines around the bow aboard the junk. Four men in the stern of the junk boat. A Vietnamese flag flutters from the stern. GM1 M.J. Kelleher on swift boat covers the junk with a submachine gun. Papers of the Vietnamese natives being scanned. Cards and type-written sheets in hands of the two men scanning the papers. An old Vietnamese man smiles. Some of the deck covers are removed by the crew as the junk boat is checked.