French Douglas A-26 Invader twin engine bombers hit Indochina (Vietnam). An A-26 taxis on an air strip. The bomber takes off. Men work on an aircraft. A pilot sits in the cockpit. 'BC-828' written on one bomber and "BC-831 on another. Aircraft in flight. Bombs are dropped. Explosions on the ground. The aircraft parked on the airstrip.
USS Ranger underway in the South China Sea during the Vietnam War. Men on the deck of the ship. Other ships underway in the background. Loading operations being undertaken aboard the ship. Men wearing life jackets and helmets. Crates are stacked. Aircraft parked nearby.
USS Ranger underway in the South China Sea during the Vietnam War. An aircraft parked on the flight deck. The engine starts and the aircraft taxis. Other aircraft parked on the flight deck. Another aircraft taxis and takes off from the flight deck. Men on the catwalk. An aircraft in flight over water.
USS Ranger underway in the South China Sea during the Vietnam War. An aircraft takes off from the flight deck and is in flight. Other aircraft parked at the flight deck. Men load bombs underneath an aircraft.
USS Ranger underway in the South China Sea during the Vietnam War. A man fuels an aircraft parked on the flight deck. He is wearing goggles. Several aircraft parked on the flight deck. Men standing nearby. A man gives signals. An aircraft taxis. Men near the aircraft on the flight deck. An aircraft takes off and in flight. A man gives signals.
Desron (Destroyer Squadron) 20 returns from Vietnam. Visitors and dependents at a shipyard in Newport, Rhode Island. The people around a refreshment table on pier no. 1. Some of the visitors and dependents sit on the steps below 'Welcome Home, Desron 20' sign. People look down over the pier from the deck of the USS Arcadia. A woman aboard the USS Arcadia. Part of the pier in the background. The refreshment table in the mid background. Dependents and children on the pier. They wait for the ships. Two women stand next to a large wooden reel of heavy rubberized wire. A brick building in the background. Three children well clothed for the cool weather. A mother and two young daughters on the pier. Dependents behind the roped off area waiting for the ships. USS Charles P Cecil (DD 835) approaches the pier. A quonset hut in the foreground. A mobile crane on the pier. Line handlers take a line from the men aboard the USS Cecil. Women wave. Varied signs held by many people. A young child holding a small balloon in her mother's arm. Some of the dependents applaud. Men on one of the DDs mans the rail, while the ship ties up. A large crowd of dependents on the pier behind roped off area. A man holds a sign reading: 'Welcome Home Johnny'. An officer walks down the pier. USS Brownson (DD-868) approaches in the mid background for tying up with a tug on the starboard side.