United States Marines arrive in South Vietnam to guard the area around Danang Air Base. The U.S. Marines of the 9th Marine Expeditionary Brigade, 7th Fleet land on a beach in South Vietnam. Ships advance towards the beach. Vietnamese soldiers stand on the beach with a rifle. An LVTP-5 (Landing Vehicle Tracked) rolls onto the beach. U.S. Marines run on the beach. An LCM (Landing Craft Mechanized ) comes on the shore. The LVTP-5 driven on the beach. Marines run across the beach. Several marines lay against an embankment. Other marines stand on the beach. (Vietnam War period).
United States Navy patrol boats (Swift Boats) underway at a sea in Vietnam. Sailors aboard the patrol boats. They load grenade launchers and 50 caliber machine guns. Mortar shells are unpacked from casings. Mortar is loaded and fired. Smoke rises up due to explosions at the base of mountains near the shore.
United States Navy patrol boats (Swift Boats) underway at a sea in Vietnam. Sailors aboard the patrol boats fire 50 caliber machine guns. Mortar shells are loaded and fired. Smoke rises up due to explosions at the base of mountains near the shore. Bullets of 50 caliber machine guns hit the water surface and the beach. A United States flag on the boat.
The Armistice Treaty marks the end of World War 1. United States soldiers of the 26th Infantry Division, AEF, celebrate, in a large group, at their base, in France. They cheer in unison. The soldiers talk and laugh. The soldiers receive their pay. A soldier keeps his payment in his pocket and takes out a document. The soldiers shake hands and bid farewell. They carry their belongings.
United States Navy base Chu Lai in in Dung Quat Bay, Vietnam. Helicopters in flight in formation. Pilot seated in the cockpit. South Vietnamese Troops advance across the jungles. Troops loaded on jeeps. Helicopters in flight over jungles which conceal Viet Cong members. United States jet-powered bomber aircraft B-52 Stratofortress bomb on isolated hide-outs of Viet Cong. (Vietnam War period).
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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