"AMERICAN NAVY IN VIETNAM" 1967 YANKEE STATION SWIFT BOATS GULF OF TONKIN INCIDENT 56284
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Made by Sundial Films, this color movie presents the activities of the U.S. Navy in Vietnam. Copyright 1967.
Opening: Mekong River Delta in Southeast Asia. American Navy Lt. Jets wait on Yankee Station somewhere in the South China Sea. The Kitty Hawk, 2nd largest of U.S. attack carriers. Jets take off, artillery is fired at the land, at the Vietcong. U.S. Marines board helicopters aboard the aircraft carrier USS Essex CV-9 and head for land. Saigon, a Navy Chief answers the phone. Military personnel speaks (:08-2:08). East of Saigon, Navy men donate clothes to the people of Vietnam. Battleship at sea. Chet Huntley reports. Main titles (2:09-4:29). July 1964, off the coast of Vietnam, U.S. patrols South China Sea. South Vietnamese Army is training. US Navy Headquarters Support Activity in Saigon. July 1964 - increase of Vietcong forces in the South. August 2, 1964, USS Maddox tracks unknown craft in the Gulf of Tonkin. They are identified as North Vietnamese PT boats and the boats open fire on the Maddox. American spokesman speaks on the incident (4:30-7:00). Maddox resumes its routine patrol along with the USS Turner Joy. The next night, the same thing happens and the North Vietnamese boats attack the U.S. ships. President Lyndon Johnson speaks about Gulf of Tonkin incident. Jets ready on carriers, they take off (7:01-8:22). March 1965, Navy planes take off from USS Ticonderoga CV-14, a Navy/Marine Corps joint effort. U.S. Marines are on the ground. Chet Huntley speaks (8:23-9:24). Modern Naval power. USS Canberra. USS Bainbridge. Ships off the coast of Vietnam. Marines on land. Navy ship fires at the land. Kitty Hawk and the Enterprise are stationed offshore (9:25-11:13). Servicemen get weapons ready. Jets ready for takeoff. Navy crewmen at work on USS Kitty Hawk (CV-63). Some look at radar screens (11:14-12:32). Computers. Navy Officer gives orders to a group of men. Jets are ready to go and take off - F-4 Phantom, F-101 Voodoo. Planes strike targets on the ground. Planes fly over the jungles (12:33-14:30). A group of Marines head for the shore. Amphibious assault vehicle lands and Marines exit. Bell UH-1 Iroquois helicopter lands on the ship. Marines board helicopters. Helicopters lift off. Men in control room (14:31-16:23). Helicopters fly over Vietnam. Guns are fired at the ground by the U.S. Marines. Marines are now on the ground. Chet Huntley speaks. Airborne patrol around Vietnam coastal waters. Men in Saigon relay information. Navy men look over a map (16:24-18:34). U.S. military and Vietnamese check out a boat to see if it conceals anything for the Vietcong. Operation Market Time is the United States Navy and South Vietnam's successful effort begun in 1965 to stop the flow of troops, war material, and supplies by sea, coast, and rivers, from North Vietnam into parts of South Vietnam during the Vietnam War. Patrols have 'Swift Boats,' fast boats on the water. PBR, a jet propelled craft, is for shallow waters. Operation Game Warden is a joint operation conducted by the United States Navy and South Vietnamese Navy in order to deny Viet Cong access to resources in the Mekong Delta. Can Tho on the Bassac River is headquarters for Vietnamese Assault Group 25. American and Vietnamese advisors work side by side (18:35-20:54). Troops load aboard assault boats and head up river. Marines land on a shore and exit their craft
(20:55-21:57). Americans work with Coastal Group 37. Americans check out people to make sure they're not Vietcong. American and Vietnamese advisors share dinner. Naval shipyard in Vietnam. An anchor is smashed, bulldozers at work. Navy CBs -- Construction Battalion builds a base (21:58-24:11). Civilian contractors work with Military to build throughout the country. Medical service at work. Navy's largest command serves as mechanic, administrator, electrician, doctor, and policeman. It has warehouse facilities and operates an airline. Da Nang. Military at work building. Clinics for the people (24:12-26:42). Chet Huntley speaks. U.S. Military men at work. Soldiers on patrol, injured men. Boats on patrol. Ships at sea. Plane lands on a carrier (26:43-28:27). End credits (28:28-28:36).
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I served on a WW2 LST (Landing Ship, Tank) from 66/67, brown and blue water Navy. We criss crossed the Far East hauling all manner of cargos to coastal and delta locations. Living and working conditions were hellish on those humble ships, but the liberty in so many different ports of call made for an adventure greater than any other navy ships over there got to experience.
My grandpa was on an LST in the pacific, ww2. He liked to talk about playing cards with the marines. While in port on the east coast, they hung a large “for sale” off the side. He never really talked about the bad parts.
@@MusicSoundPlayer When one researches and studies "the bad parts", one understands why they didn't talk about it...My ship, LST 1032, was at Iwo Jima and Okinawa, if you watch the old "Victory at Sea" documentary episode dealing with Iwo Jima you will see it sliding up onto the beach, I had the pleasure of meeting an officer about 20 years ago who served on it during that time, it was a neat experience sharing stories of the same ship about 21-22 years apart.
LST - Land Sea Transport
@@peterhamlinhamlin8908 Back in the day they were also know as Long Slow Target...
I served on a wooden hulled minesweeper (MSO) '67- '69 during Vietnam, my brother was on an (AOE), fast replenishment and our dad served in WWII and Korea!
My grandpa David L. Adkins served on the uss Ponchatoula AO-148 from 68-69' he remembers visiting Yankee Station. He even visited Hong Kong, also Ground Zero in Japan. But he very much remembers visiting subic Bay in the Phillipines loved it there. He also enjoyed Hawaii to which his ship was home port to.
Subic Bay was the best port of call many ships made during the Vietnam War. I was there plenty of times and had a food time every time. I also visited Da Nang, Hong Kong, So Korea, Japan and Singapore. In Singapore I saw the last wartime USO show featuring Bob Hope, I was on TV and everyone at home saw me. and Singapore. In Singapore I saw the last wartime USO show featuring Bob Hope, I wa
All of us sailors who visited Subic loved it! I was there for a 6 month deployment in 83. Cried when I left.
I went to all those places and spent time along the coast shelling the VC. Tell Grampa hello from a USS Newport News (CA-148) The last all gun Heavy Cruiser sailor.
Thanks ALL veterans for your noble service.
November, 1963 Kennedy signs National Security Memorandum (NSM) #263 to order troops OUT of Vietnam. 3 weeks later, Kennedy was dead. On the day of his Funeral, LBJ signed NSM #273, REVERSING Kennedy's Order.
Convincing mothers to send their sons into harms way in a tiny country on the other side of the world and after a stand-off in Korea is a challenge however. What to do? Well, 8 months later, the Gulf of Tonkin "incident" was dutifully reported by the same Press that didn't ask questions the previous November.
*Tin and Rubber* France was trying to colonize Vietnam back when it was called "Indochina". Tires are 20% Real Rubber *to this day* and Michelin Tire is a French Company. Tin is used in Solder, it's that soft metal with a low melting point to join electric and electronic connections. Vietnam was a tough fight but *the US never fought for and kept territory,* it only engaged in skirmishes. I worked for a while with an American Translator from the Vietnam War. He confirmed the Rubber Plantations in Vietnam (untouched from bombing by the way).
Tin Ore hasn't heard of International Borders, Rubber Trees can be grown all over that delta So? Nixon claimed that "North Vietnamese Troops were hiding in Laos and Cambodia" and BOMBED those countries as well. The government of Cambodia fell and was replaced by a Dictator; Pol Pot. The Cambodian educated class was vilified and killed in a Civil War, Pol Pot decreed that the country's economy would become agrarian and the "crops" they grew and sold? Well, I'll just leave that to your imagination.
Oh and the very same companies that profited from the Cold War very gleefully shipped American Jobs and American Technology to COMMUNIST China. Labor cost less, China had fewer regulations and unhappy Workers BUY things.
There, you see? *_"Communism Bad, unless it isn't."_*
50 years later most of the world recognizes Vietnam 🇻🇳 as an independent nation that defeated
World Imperialism.
Yup. LBJ SAW $$$$$ TO BE MADE,
@@jagone5672 I completely agree with you
LBJ saw the dollars o be made. LadyBird Johnson started southland corp. Aka 7 -11 which supplied everything the soldiers needed from toothpaste to beer.. This is possibly why the war was escalated later in the 60sand early 70s. Imagine the amount of revenue it generated? Thank's for the accurate words you have written here.. Blessings and Thanks to all the brothers and sisters who served this country in a Messed up fubar in a unwinnable WAR.
Kill For Peace. Good night, Chet.
Hard to believe that such a huge military power failed to win the war. What happened? What went wrong?
The military didn't "fail to win", it was the political leaders who failed, and ordered the war ended. There wasn't a single engagement over the platoon level where the NVA/Cong beat the USA, not one. The rules of engagement in the air also hampered the use of airpower throughout the war. In 1972 when Nixon got pissed off and ordered the Linebacker 2 operation, in just a couple weeks the USA bombed the North Vietnamese right back to the stone age, the North generals later wrote that when the US airpower was unleased during that operation it set them back 20 years in terms of infrastructure destroyed/etc. So don't think for one second the US military wasn't capable of wiping the North off the map in a month or less, they just weren't allowed to do so for political reasons, mainly fear of widening the war into a conflict with the Soviets.
@@Gman-109 Thanks for answer me. I don´t doubt that the US should beat NVA easily and fully agree with you on that matter. Politics and politicians are the real trouble in the US as well as they do here in Brazil.
I know stunningly little about the A-5 Vigilante. You don't hear much about them or see them in movies.
Only 167 Vigilantes were built.
@@ThudDriver After looking around and doing a little research I found that it was developed as part of the Navy's desire to compete with the Air Force's nuclear capabilites.
the ol gulf of tonkin false flag. the beginning of the end for the honorable armed forces. from this point foward we would be on the fast track to being the baddies.
And self appointed World Police.
This wasn't new. The US did a similar thing with the USS Maine to start the war against Spain in the year 1898.
@@Hiltibold Like Israel attacking the USS Liberty 8 June 1967 in international waters trying to place the blame on Egypt. Same as what LBJ did to the USS Maddox in the Gulf of Tonkin. And, the Lusitania, etc.
USS Newport News (CA-148) The last all gun Heavy Cruiser. My time aboard 1968-69-70 Call sign THUNDER flag hoist; November - India - Quebec - Quebec
why?
Why Iraq, Why Afgan 20 years ??
Why?
War is a dirty business that needs to be done.🤔
What BS, pt boats attacking a destroyer !! that would be a suicide mission
74 beautiful professional professional soldiering: it is not enough w/r most advanced gear & best troops & money printing press, still not enough korean war like even less war troop strength but same north attacking south play even less suferios weapons swings yet still not enough. Opposed by 2 nuke powers china & russia proxy war red vs blue wicked devil play.
r equipment got better but so did r enemies. The greatest infantry fighter in world small ppl perfect to jungle climate best since american indians.
at 1 pnt over 500k strength & still not enough to change r enemies mind. 20yrs france till 65-73-75' loss yet no enough lossing cause. 58k american dead & 1million vietnam dead still not enough to turn the tide. If we went into vietnam pre & during WW2 when china fighting w/us it might hve sown democracy roots down deep but by 60s way late no hope.
Both proxy red vs blue wars fought to counter enemy aggression vs taking fight to both north enemies as much total destruction needed unsaleable souls/ppl so say God to kill enemy aggressive action, as long & as much time as willing to commit including nuke complete destruction action, so says God. Adam/Abraham/ Daniel/James Brian Merkel
NEVER FORGET THE USS LIBERTY INCIDENT
A friendly fire incident ..
Like Iran flight 655...
u a neo nazi?
We could easily eon thst war. The Domino theory wss true. Where would comunisnm end? After Vietnam they eould try to takeover sum other country.
America had no business in Vietnam. Ask the opponents in America. The soldiers who fought there had been fooled by the government. Not something to be proud of.
A compact with the french in 1953 to protect their colonies in Indo China rubber plantations..