American comedian Bob Hope performs for United Service Organization (USO) at Tan Son Nhut air base in Vietnam. Several troupe members talking with U.S. Army troops. The U.S. Army troops watch the show. Bob Hope's entertainment troupe performs on the stage. (Vietnam War period).
First part of clip shows party with Secretary Robert Seamans in transit. Then scenes from Soc Trang Air Base in Vietnam. USAF Secretary Seamans present at the Soc Trang Air Base for its turnover from U.S. Army AF control to VNAF control. Dignitaries including Gen. Lucius Clay 7th AF; Gen. Creighton Abrams, U.S. Army; Dr. Seamans; and Vietnamese Gen. Minh seen on reviewing stand. U.S. and VNAF troops marching in front of UH-1H aircraft during turnover ceremony. Soc Trang tower seen. Secretary Seamans presenting awards to VNAF personnel. (Vietnam War period).
Air activities during June 1965 at Bien Hoa AB,Vietnam. USAF A-1E skyraider pilot giving hand signal from the cockpit. Two A-1E aircraft flying. Aerial view of jungle as seen from the plane. Smoke rising in the jungle due to bomb hits. View of Bien Hoa AB runway. 7 June 1965. (Vietnam War period).
Operation Attleboro II, Dau Tieng Airstrip, Vietnam. Picture of UH-1H helicopter at the back. USAF Ist Infantry Dv. officers sitting at a foxhole tent and talking on the phone. Two of them seen eating something. Officers observing a map and writing something on the papers. November 1966. (Vietnam War period).
Reconstruction of activities that took place during the Gulf of Tonkin Incident 2-5 August 1964. USS Ticonderoga underway in the Gulf of Tonkin. Pilots in a ready room aboard the ship. They are being briefed by an officer. U.S. Navy Lieutenant Commander Roy H. Bowling, who is one of the pilots involved in air strike on North Vietnam. U.S. Navy Lieutenant Commander Render Crayton, another pilot involved in the air strike, seated in the ready room during the briefing. Lieutenant Er and Weber also in the ready room during the briefing. The Commanding Officer of the Squadron stands before a map of Vietnam and briefs the pilots.
USS Ticonderoga (CVA-14) in the Gulf of Tonkin. U.S. Navy Vice Admiral Roy L. Johnson, Commander 7th Fleet and staff sit around a table. They talk to each other. Vice Admiral Johnson stands in front of a wall map and points to various locations along the coast of Vietnam using a small stick. (Vietnam War period.)
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