Seventh Fleet Operations in Vietnam. A U.S. Navy UH-2A Seasprite helicopter in view. A Swift Boat alongside the USS Princeton underway at a sea. A Coast Guard cutter alongside. A person is transferred from the Coast Guard cutter to the USS Princeton via the ship's crane. The Coast Guard cutter moves away from the USS Princeton. A U.S. Marine Corps CH-46A Sea Knight turns up in the background. A man in a yellow shirt gives a hand signals to the helicopter. The helicopter takes off from the flight deck and in flight over the water. The USS Leahy (DLG-16) underway. The CH-46A Sea Knight on the flight deck. Other ships of the task force underway in the background. The USS Monticello (LSD-35) underway in the background. An Amphibious Transport Dock (LPD) underway. A stern in view of the supply ship. The LPD takes a turn and leaves the supply ship. A destroyer ship underway. (Vietnam War period).
Operation Jackstay in Vietnam. Several Landing Crafts (LCMs) heading back down a river in the Long Thanh peninsula area. A shoreline in the background. A United States flag raised aboard a craft. A Landing Craft in view. Coxswain in the background. James Franklin from Naval Operations Support Group aboard the craft. He stands with an M-14 rifle and looks towards the shoreline. He keeps a vigil for snipers. Two marines look for snipers. A jungle along the shoreline in the background. Marines come out of the jungle towards the LCM after patrol of the shore for Viet Cong. Heavy brush in the background. The marines return aboard the LCM. (Vietnam War period).
Operation Jackstay in Vietnam. A PCF-26 (Patrol Craft Fast or Swift Boat) underway in the Dong Tran River. A man at the controls of the craft. EN2 (Engineman Second Class) Gunter is wounded during a patrol. The chief C.P. Gernigan bandages his wounded arm aboard the craft. EN2 Gunter on a 50 caliber machine gun on the stern. BMC (Chief Boatswain's Mate) on the 50 caliber machine gun. Second crewman stands in the background. He wears a helmet and an armored vest. A machine gun on another craft. A crewman with an M-16 rifle. He stands by the 50 caliber machine gun manned by Chief Boatswain's Mate. (Vietnam War period).
Riverine warfare in the Mekong Delta region of Vietnam. U.S. Riverine Afloat Force consisting of one Brigade of the Army's Ninth Division, and the U.S. Navy's River Flotilla One, supported by special Navy ships. Seen are: Barracks ship; Armored and armed transport ship, with river vessels alongside and helicopter landing on deck. An armor-plated and armed 60-foot "Monitor" river craft underway and firing from its gun turret. U.S. soldiers firing a howitzer on board a barge. An F-100 Supersabre tactical jet fighter aircraft flies over river and drops ordnance on riverbank. American troops make amphibious assault on riverbank. (Vietnam War period).
Vietcong Tet Offensive underway in Saigon, Vietnam during Vietnam War. A burned out truck on a narrow street in Saigon. U.S. Army soldiers duck for cover behind the wrecked truck. Trees on either side of the street. A U.S. soldier who is badly burned and wounded is being treated by other soldiers on the street. He is placed on a stretcher and then into an ambulance for evacuation. Another wounded soldier is placed on a litter. American soldiers and military police at the roadside. They hold rifles.
Operation Game Warden in Mekong Delta, Republic of Vietnam. United States UH-1B helicopter lifts off for a strike at night. Running lights of the copter seen. Flares burn in the sky. Rockets and gun tracers head towards Viet Cong targets during the night strike. (Vietnam War period).
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