Activities aboard a Fast Patrol Craft or Swift Boat in An Thoi, Republic of Vietnam. Swift boat at sea on Operation An Dang. Wake of Swift Boat underway at high speed. Stern of boat shows wake. Flags flying in breeze. Swift Boat flag flying below the ensign. L L Ellis, BM2 (Boatswain's Mate Second Class) at the helm of the boat underway at sea. J H Rhodes, GM3 (Gunners Mate Third Class) cleans the barrels of a .50 Caliber Machine Gun, duel mount. A cleaning rod is run back and forth through the barrel. Machine gun belted. Rhodes places lubricant on a cloth and runs the cloth down barrel of Machine gun. He works over the gun and applies a thin coat of grease to end of gun barrel with a brush.
Activities aboard a Swift Boat in An Thoi, Republic of Vietnam. L L Ellis, BM2 (Boatswain's Mate Second Class) seated on a box on fantail fixing potatoes for dinner. P H Harp, EN2 (Engineman Second Class) sets up a home made stove on fantail to cook dinner on the Swift Boat. Ellis prepares, peals and cuts potatoes in the background. Frozen steak is placed on the grill. J G Priebe at the helm of the Swift Boat at sea. His one hand on throttle and other on helm. Harp prepares dinner. Crew member dives overboard from Swift Boat during swim call. R R Allen climbs back onto cabin for another dive. Allen dives back into water and pops back to the surface. Shoreline in the background. Two men in water next to Swift boat during swim call.
U.S. airman operates equipment in AC-119G 'Shadow' at Phu Cat Air Base, Vietnam. Tracers fired from 7.62 mm mini guns of AC-119G Gunner. Tracers streak through night sky.
Interiors of AC-119G Shadow shows gunners loading and preparing 7.62 mm mini guns for firing at Phu Cat Air Base, Vietnam. Trail seen through Night Observation Device. Crewman inspects loaded flare ejector inside AC-119G Shadow. Crewman depresses the fire alarm button on the flare ejector controls
View of darkened Illuminator beam in the sky at Phu Cat Air Base, Vietnam. Illuminator controls aboard AC-119G Shadow aircraft.
Unit insignia on a board reads 17th Special Operations SQ Shadow-'Deny Him The Dark' at Phu Cat Air Base, Vietnam. Another insignia shows list of Unit officials.
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