Landing of U.S. Marines and offloading of vehicles during Operation Piranha in Cap Batangan, Vietnam. Marines drive mechanical mules on the dry beach area. LVTP-5s on the beach, one lowers its ramp. A mechanical mule off-loads from the LVTP-5. A corpsman bandages a woman's arm. LCM-10 (Landing Craft, Mechanized) in the surf. The marines wade through the deep surf towards the beach area. Anti-tank vehicle Ontos off-loading from an LVTP-5. (Vietnam War period).
Operation Piranha at White Beach in Cap Batangan, Vietnam. United States Marine personnel moving down combination ladder of the USS Bayfield (APA-33) with their packs and rifles. Marines board a waiting LCVP (Landing Craft, Vehicle, Personnel) alongside. LCVP in water. (Vietnam War period).
Laotian T-28D, used for attack training is directed into position on flight line by United States Air Force officer. 50 caliber gun is loaded and armed. Mk 81 bombs removed from trailer and attached to wing. Fuse extender is screwed onto one bomb and nose fuse onto another by United States Air Force. personnel.
Operation Piranha in Cap Batangan, Vietnam. U.S. vessels and crafts in water. Well deck of USS Cabildo (LSD-16). The beach area. Explosions going off on hill tops from shell fire and jet bomb explosions. Some landing crafts are moving back towards the ships through water. Smoke drifts off from the hill tops in the background. An LCM (Landing Craft, Mechanized) in water and LVTP-5s (Landing Vehicle Tracked, Personnel) in water in the background.
American civilians and soldiers arrive in San Francisco, California from Vietnam. Early in the Vietnam War, the first group of Americans wounded in guerrilla raids in Vietnam arrive back in San Francisco. Airplane lands on an airport. People gather at the airport to greet them. Wounded in beds on board the plane. Wounded soldiers and civilians disembark from the airplane and meet others. Civilians arrive with garlands around their necks. Cameramen record the event.
United States Secretary of State Dean Rusk discusses American efforts to negotiate peace in Vietnam and North Vietnamese (and Communist China) refusal to participate. President Lyndon Johnson speaking, says, "We do not seek the destruction of any government." Rusk calls for free elections in Vietnam under international supervision.
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