During the Vietnam War, President Lyndon B. Johnson addresses the United States public during the “Radio and Television Report to the American People Following Renewed Aggression in the Gulf of Tonkin” from the Fish Room at the White House in August 4, 1964. "Renewed hostile actions against United States ships on the high seas in the Gulf of Tonkin have today required me to order the military forces of the United States to take action in reply,” says President Johnson. The USS Constellation (CV-64) aircraft carrier sailing. Pilots walk away from Douglas EKA-3B Skywarrior fighter jets in the USS Constellation. Aircrafts fire missiles, destroying facilities in North Vietnam. United States Secretary of Defense Robert McNamara addresses the public to explain the direct attack against North Vietnam. “We wish to emphasize we seek no wider war. Our response will depend upon the action of the aggressors, in this case the North Vietnamese. The key to the situation remains the cessation of infiltration from the North into the South,” says Secretary McNamara.
Scenes on flight deck of the USS Midway (CVA-41) during evacuation of Americans and South Vietnamese escaping the country during fall of Saigon, at the conclusion of the Vietnam War. A South Vietnamese VNAF Ch-47 Chinook helicopter is seen being moved by a tug boat. Republic of Vietnam flag and letters "GNP" painted on its fuselage. VNAF UH-1D/H Huey helicopters are being moved as close together as possible to make room on the deck. Aerial view of the helicopters parked on the deck.
Activities of the American 1st Cavalry Division in Chu Lai, South Vietnam. The United States Army UH-1D Iroquois helicopter being signaled to land in the rice paddy. Soldiers rush towards the helicopter and unload mermite food container mail and other supplies from the helicopter. The helicopter takes off. Soldiers carry off the supplies. Mail being distributed to the soldiers. (Vietnam War period).
View of the USS Harnett County (LST-821) from a patrol boat circling from her port side. Closeup of a Navy Corpsman in his office clinic aboard. He is filling a box with items to be carried to a South Vietnamese village. He and several crew members enter the village, 30 miles up the Co-Chien River. Two sailors carry the white box, marked with a red cross. A group of Vietnamese children begin to follow them, singing as they go. The children accost one of the crew carrying an armload of treats. He hands one to each child. Views of him passing treats to children crowded around him. Vietnamese mothers and fathers are with the chilren. several soldiers are seen in uniform, of Republic of Vietnam Army (ARVN). The Harnett County's Corpsman has set up a table and is seeing villagers who seek medical advice and assistance. An ARVN soldier helps as interpreter. His patients are mostly the elderly and children. U.S. Naval officer is seen in the gathering. Closeup of the Corpsman as he rides back to the USS Harnett County aboard a patrol boat.
Activities of the United States Army 1st Battalion, 22nd Infantry, 4th Infantry Division soldiers during Operation Francis Marion in the Central Highlands in Pleiku area, South Vietnam. Soldiers, of Charlie Company 1/22 4th Infantry Division, breaking camp as they prepare to move out of the area. Tents being dismantled and personal gear assembled.
USS Oriskany (CVA-34) suffering from accidental fire as result of flares igniting aboard ship, while operating in South China Sea off Vietnam. Many sailors on flight deck holding hose lines. A few firefighters and their gear on deck. Smoke issuing from fire below flight deck. Fire extinguishing foam being pumped into the area of fire. Sailors, ankle deep in foam hold the hose lines. Below deck in the burning area, firefighters enter and leave while tethered to lines held by sailors.
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