Bomb handling aboard USS Constellation (CVA-64) in Gulf of Tonkin, Vietnam. Ordnance man wheeling Snakeye bombs on a cart. Aviation Ordnance men push the bombs under the wing of A-4C aircraft. Men unscrew a pressure screw on side of bomb rack. Two Snakeye bombs wheeled under the pylon of A-4C. Snakeye bombs lifted up to the pylon. Bombs hooked up to the rack. Aviation Ordnance men lifts a bomb. Three bombs secured to the pylon. A man unscrews a heavy rod from nose of a bomb. A man prepares a fuse for insertion into nose of bomb. Aviation Ordnance men work with bombs. A cart carrying bomb fuses wheeled on the flight deck. A man picks up a wire and a fuse and inserts in nose of bomb. Man works with safety wires. Snakeye bombs lifted up to the pylon. Fuses are screwed in. Men wearing red shirts sit on bombs in carts.
Bomb handled aboard USS Constellation (CVA-64) at Gulf of Tonkin, Vietnam. A-6A aircraft moves on the catapult. Snakeye bombs aboard A-6 aircraft. Plane Director gives hand signals. A-6A loaded with bombs on catapult. Man in green shirt. Another A-6A aircraft loaded with bombs on catapult. Aircraft catted off the deck. Men wearing yellow shirts. A-4C aircraft on catapult. Cockpit area of A-6A. Pilot in cockpit. Men dressed in blue and green shirts. A-4C aircraft on catapult track. Catapult officer gives launch signal. Plane launched. Men wearing yellow shirts and green shirts. A-4C aircraft loaded with Snakeye bombs in flight.
United States Lieutenant General William R. Peers and men from the Peers Inquiry Group arrive in My Lai 4 village in South Vietnam. They interview witnesses and make an on-site inspection of the village. The Inquiry Group investigates about the alleged My Lai massacre incident of March 1968. Mr. Robert MacCrate and Mr. Jerome K. Walsh also arrive in the village. A helicopter lands in the village. The Inquiry Group members visit the burnt houses. Damaged buildings in view. Rubble on the ground. Wrecked material scattered on the ground.
United States Navy patrol boats (Swift Boats) at Nha Trang Harbor in Vietnam. A sailor unties lines from the dock. A Swift Boat pull away. The boat leave the harbor. A United States flag flying on the boat. Buildings on hills in the background. Sailors aboard the patrol boat. A sailor uncovers a 50 caliber machine gun. The Swift Boat underway.
Operation 'Jackstay' in Vung Tau, Vietnam. A Swift Boat (Patrol Craft, Fast ) PCF-26 underway on the Dong Tranh River. Patrol Craft PCF-31 underway. A shoreline in the background. A man stands up on the bow of PCF-26 boat. A man stands in the background aboard PCF-31. A man mans the twin machine guns aboard PCF-26. Other crew men stand on the deck. They stand around a 50 caliber machine gun. Crewmen aboard PCF-31 talk to men aboard PCF-26. Crewmen smoke as they stand by the twin machine gun. PCF-26 backs off from PCF-31. A man smokes aboard the boat. 50 caliber machine gun in view. A crewman stands in the background. PCF-26 underway in the river.
Operation 'Jackstay' in Vung Tau, Vietnam. Several ships at anchor in Dong Tranh River. A Swift Boat underway. A 50 caliber machine gun in the boat. A life jacket hangs from the gun mount. A United States flag flies in the breeze. A crew member looks out over the water. A shoreline in the background. The Swift Boat underway en route to Cat-Lo naval base. A crew man stands on the deck. A merchant tug and a barge underway. Junk being passed in the river by Patrol Craft PCF-31. Crewmen cover the 50 caliber machine gun.
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