Activities of the U.S. Navy Coastal Division aboard Swift Boats in Vietnam. A soldier on the Swift Boat checks the identification of personnel of fishing boats. One man picks up an M-16 Rifle. Another man looks through some papers in a plastic bag. Boat at a high speed run. Swift Boat tied up to the Mother Ship. Interior view of the quarters of a Swift Boat. Flags fly from the stern of a boat. Swift Boat moves out in the bay in background. Stern view of a LCM (Mike Boat) and Swift Boat underway. Hilly terrain seen beyond the bay. Starboard quarter view of PCF (Patrol Craft Fast) or Swift Boat docks at pier. (Vietnam War period).
Activities aboard PBRs (Patrol Boat River) during Operation Giant Sling Shot in Vietnam. A crewman scrubs down the deck of a PBR. Another PBR drifts. Trees alongside a riverbank. Vietnamese on the riverbank. Tracers go through the sky during a fire fight between the PBRs and the North Vietnamese Army at night. A PBR underway at a high speed. Tracers seen in the background. (Vietnam War period).
Activities aboard PBRs (Patrol Boat River) during Operation Giant Sling Shot in Vietnam. A gunner on board a PBR dons a flak jacket (Soldier's last name is Pease, seen on jacket). Other crewmen stands behind him. A .50 caliber machine gunner at his post in a helmet and a flak jacket. Hands of the machine gunner arms his gun. The PBR in a river. Smoke rises from the river bank (Vietnam War period).
U.S. soldiers of 5th Battalion, 12th Infantry, 199th Light Infantry Brigade in Vietnam. The soldiers swim and bathe in a water hole. (Vietnam War period).
U.S. soldiers of 5th Battalion, 12th Infantry, 199th Light Infantry Brigade in Vietnam. The soldiers swim and bathe in a water hole. The soldiers dive into water. Army trucks and tanks in the background. (Vietnam War period).
U.S. 1st Infantry Division soldiers advance through a jungle in Vietnam during the Vietnam War. M-48 Patton tanks followed by U.S. 1st Infantry Division soldiers on foot and M-113 APCs (Armored Personnel Carrier) move through the bombed-out jungle. M-113 APCs and soldiers walk across a burnt out field.
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