U.S. Mobile Riverine Force comprising of Navy Squadrons and 9th Infantry Division carry out Operation Truong Cong Dinh in Dong Tam, Vietnam. A suspect's ID card is checked by South Vietnamese soldiers. The soldiers help each other up a muddy embankment and to cross a footbridge. A U.S. Army OH-23 Raven helicopter lands.
(Clip opens with a brief view of a "color girl" or "china girl" for color television calibration.) Military and commercial aircraft land and take off from Da Nang Air Base in Vietnam. An F-4E Phantom takes off from the runway. A Volpar Beechcraft Model 18 takes off. A C-130A Hercules and an O-2A Skymaster land and taxi on the runway. OV-10A Bronco, T-39A Sabreliner and O-1E Bird Dog take off from the Da Nang Air Base runway. C-123K Provider taxis on landing.
Military and commercial aircraft operating at Da Nang Air Base in Vietnam. Four McDonnell Douglas F-4 Phantom II's taxi towards the runway and take off in succession. American World Airways Boeing 707, O-2A Skymaster, and C-123 Provider take off from the runway. TA-4F takes off .
Beginning slate identifies 1st Aviation Brigade and Long Binh. U.S Army ground crew refuels an Army Beechcraft U-21 Ute aircraft from a fuel truck. The aircraft's wing lowers as the fuel fills a wing tank. Control Tower is seen in background. Ground crewman stands fireguard as number one engine is started while the entrance steps are still in down position. After steps are raised and both engines running, the airplane taxis out for takeoff. View of the aircraft on takeoff roll in distance. (Vietnam War period).
Vehicles loaded and unloaded from the U.S. Navy USS Meeker County (LST -980) in Da Nang, Vietnam. View of a port bow. The U.S. Navy USS Meeker County (LST -980) at the bridge ramp at Da Nang. An Armored Personnel Carrier (APC) moves over the ramp to be loaded aboard the Landing Ship Tank (LST). The supplies to be loaded on the Landing Ship Tank (LST). Three personnel seated on the Armored Personnel Carrier being loaded into Landing Ship Tank (LST). A civilian truck in foreground. The side of the truck reads 'Da Nang'. The rear section of the Armored Personnel Carrier loaded into the Landing Ship Tank (LST). The Armored Personnel Carrier on ramp. A monkey on a man's shoulder. Men sit on top of the personnel carrier. A heavy duty forklift passes. The APC moves on ramp. A man directs APC as it backs onto the ramp. The driver seen in hatch. The personnel on ramp. Medium tanks parked ready to be loaded. A U.S. Navy Lieutenant in flak jacket and visor cap stand on the loading ramp. The APC offloading from ship. The crewmen on bow of ship observe the offloading operation. Threads of APC as it offloads from LST. Picture of a roadrunner painted on the side of the personnel carrier. The personnel carrier offloads from LST.
A heavy duty fork lift unloads Landing Craft Mechanized (LCM) LCM-8 at United States Navy (USN) cargo ramp in Dong Ha, Vietnam. A fork lift backs up at ramp. The LCM-8 at ramp for unloading. Water churns behind an LCM-8. Cargo in the deck area of LCM-8. A stencil on crate. The fork lift picks up a large crate. The fork lift backs off the deck of the LCM-8. The stencil on a small box. Clothes drying on line on the deck of LCM-8. The fork lift moves on deck of LCM-8. The fork lift underway on ramp works with cargo. Two crates loaded on fork lift. The operator of the fork lift controls the levers. The fork lift backs off LCM-8. A crate picked up and carried by forklift. The fork lift moves out of the LCM to offload cargo. The rear view of the operator at controls of the forklift. The wheel of the forklift moves on deck. Crate on forklift backing away. The fork lift backs off the LCM-8 with crates and the operator at controls. The crates on the deck in the foreground.
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