Dramatic aerial views from rear camera mounted on a U.S. Air Force Douglas A-1E Skyraider aircraft flying low over a coconut forest by a river in Vietnam. Several White Phosphorus and napalm bursts occur on the ground behind the aircraft as it makes a strafing and bombing run over enemy positions. Huts can be seen interspersed in the forest. The aircraft pulls up and climbs at the end of the attack run. (Note: The A1E aircraft [unseen] on this mission is believed to be from the 1st Air Commando Squadron, operating out of Bien Hoa Air Base, and piloted by Captain Chipdo, USAF).
Operation Game Warden in Mekong Delta, Republic of Vietnam. USS Jennings County (LST-846) anchored in the river. Wake of the boat in the foreground. PBR (Patrol Boat River) pulls away from USS Jennings County. Sun sets. Elder Vietnamese man, women and children seen in the sampan. Old man starts his small outboard engine. Boat pulls off. PBR approaches. River bank in the foreground. PBR patrols on the river and approaches towards camera boat. Crew men on the deck.
Operation Game Warden in Mekong Delta, Republic of Vietnam. Coxswain at the control of the PBR (Patrol River Boat). Trees seen on the river bank. Stern view of the PBR underway. The head of the machine gunner pops up from an opening. Machine gunner cocks the .50 Caliber Machine Gun. American flag on the boat. He leans on the after part of the M-60 Machine Gun. Head of a Vietnamese man. Man stands behind a Honeywell Mk 18 Mod 0 Grenade Launcher. Belts of the Grenades loaded into the launcher. M-60 Machine Gun and the ammunition belt seen. Buildings seen along the shoreline. Crewman stands by his M-60 Machine Gun. Man wearing flak jacket and helmet stands with a M-79 Grenade Launcher on board the PBR.
Operation Game Warden in Mekong Delta, Republic of Vietnam. Water sprayed out of the propulsion water jets of the PBR (Patrol River Boat). Flags flying in the breeze on board the PBR. Crewman stands on board the PBR. Small radar dome in the background. Gunner stands by the gun on the bow of the boat. Two sampans move slowly in the river. PBR underway at a high speed. Vietnamese policeman stands next to M-60 Machine Gun on board the PBR. M-16 rifles secured against the bulkhead of the PBR. Coxswain at the control of the boat. Low flat terrain seen in the background. Control panel in the cabin of the boat. Gunner's hand leans against the machine gun.
Swift Boat, P.C.F Division 101 in An Thoi,Republic of Vietnam. Swift Boats nested in An Thoi. Large bay in the background. Boat 11 at departing side of boat 10. Boat 11 moves off. Boat 10 at causeway in the foreground. Crewmen aboard boat 10. Swift Boats 11 and 12 in far background en route back to causeway. Boat 12 tying up to causeway. Boat 11 returns to causeway. Man in foreground stands by to tend the lines. Another man jumps aboard one of the boats and throw a line to man on causeway. Boat 11 secured to the causeway. Several men in background. Starboard side of boat 12 backing out into the harbor leaving causeway.
Activities aboard PBRs during Operation Game Warden in Vietnam. A crewman fires an M-60 machine gun aboard a PBR (Patrol Boat River). A stern view of the PBR underway. A crewman fires a .50 caliber machine gun towards a river shoreline. A bucket of ammunition seen during the firing. A belt of ammunition moves through the gun. Hits and splashes are made along the shoreline.