Midshipman William J. Kane being instructed about duties of signalmen by Harold Albritton,a signalmen on board a United States Navy ship Bon Homme Richard. Kane looks on as signalmen puts a cover on signal light. Two signalmen take out signal flags from a bag and the hoist being hauled down. Signal man instructs Kane on use of a long glass. A Pilot Landing Aid Television System (PLAT) shows A-4E aircraft taking off on board Bon Home Richard.
Midshipman 1st class Jerry Watson being instructed by Charles E. Ward about the use and functions of PLAT (Pilot Landing Aid Television System) camera on board United States Navy ship Bon Homme Richard in Gulf of Tonkin. Ward piers through the eye piece of the camera and swings it around. On the flight deck of the ship A-1H takes off while A-4C makes an arrested landing.
A-4C aircraft makes a recovery on board UnitedStates Naval ship Bon Homme Richard in Gulf of Tonkin after an air strike on North Vietnamese positions. Various other aircrafts F-8D,A-1H and A-1 G make a landing and taxi along the deck in evening. American flag flutters in the breeze as A-3B lands in the late evening.
Vietcong prisoners interrogated by South Vietnamese intelligence officer Lt Nguyen Khoan and U.S. Adviser, Captain Edward N. Fletcher, of U.S. MAAG (Military Advisory Assistance Group) Team 28. Hand points to map location. Intelligence officers look at the map where one prisoner points. Soldiers bring more Vietcong from bushes. Prisoners and officers look at map, while South Vietnamese Army soldiers maintain armed guard.
Two Vietcong prisoners are marched away, under armed guard, following interrogation by South Vietnemese Intelligence officer, Lieutenant Nguyen Khoan and U.S. Adviser, Captain Edward N. Fletcher, of MAAG (Military Assistance Advisory Group), Team 28. South Vietnamese soldiers apprehend more Vietcong prisoners from bushes and the officers check their papers and speak to them.
Simulation of activities that took place during Tonkin Gulf Incident during 2-5 August 1964. The USS Turner Joy (DD-951) underway at sea. Ship's Captain, Commander Robert Chauncey Barnhart Jr., USN, standing with a telephone talker. Both wear helmets. Barnhart scans the horizon with a pair of binoculars. The telephone talker is wearing earphones. Operation's Officer Lieutenant J. Palmer, also wearing helmet, looks through the sighting area on pelorus and calls out bearings.