USS Midway, an American aircraft carrier, on the sea. There are two smaller naval ships beside it.

USS Midway, an American aircraft carrier, on the sea.

Nguyễn Thị Mai Anh and another Vietnamese woman walk past a group of saluting American officers and sailors. They are onboard a US Navy 7th Fleet ship.

Nguyễn Thị Mai Anh and another Vietnamese woman walk past a group of saluting American officers and sailors. They are onboard a US Navy 7th Fleet ship.

Nguyễn Thị Mai Anh and another Vietnamese woman stand with American officers. They are onboard a US Navy 7th Fleet ship.

Original caption: "Better than bullets - Navy Doctor Jerry A. Shields dresses a Vietnamese child's head after treating her for an abscess. Her mother looks on, surrounded by Marines. The 'clinic' is an amphibious tractor from the 1st Amphibian Bn., 3rd Marine Division. Twice a week amtracs visit a sampan community on the Han River at Da Nang to take medical help to the people, most of whom have never before received any medical treatment. Says a veteran Marine: 'This sure beats bullets as a way to win, and it's so much more lasting.'" A Vietnamese woman holds a baby who has a bandaged head. Two American men, one smoking a cigar, check the bandages.

USS Kitty Hawk aircraft carrier on the open sea.

USS Kitty Hawk aircraft carrier on the open sea.

Original caption: "Smoke 3,000 feet high - follows eruption of 500-foot-diameter fireball, Sep. 18, 1966, from secondary explosion at Ninh Binh railway in North Vietnam. Navy pilots from the carrier USS Intrepid continued a four-day attack on the area which included Nihnh Binh railroad yards, RR Bridge, RR by-pass bridge, two trains totaling nearly 100 boxcars, and about 60 trucks. One train is seen at lower left along a rocky ridge. Trucks along roads were trying to salvage cargo from the bottled up trains." Aerial photo of a bomb cloud over a railway.

Original caption: "Before and After near Thanh Hoa, North Vietnam - Navy jet pilots of Carrier Air Wing 15 pounded a railroad ferry complex northeast of Thanh Hoa Sep. 21-23, 1966. Targets included a thermal power plant, defending flak sites, railways, boxcars, and roads. After the raid shown in these before and after photos, Navy Intruder and Skyhawk pilots described the area as 'devastated.'" Aerial photo of a bombed landscape with roads, destroyed buildings, a railway, a river, and farms.

Original caption: "Before and After near Thanh Hoa, North Vietnam - Navy jet pilots of Carrier Air Wing 15 pounded a railroad ferry complex northeast of Thanh Hoa Sep. 21-23, 1966. Targets included a thermal power plant, defending flak sites, railways, boxcars, and roads. After the raid shown in these before and after photos, Navy Intruder and Skyhawk pilots described the area as 'devastated.'" Aerial photo of a bombed landscape with roads, a village, a railway, a river, and farms.

Original caption: "Before and After near Thanh Hoa, North Vietnam - Navy jet pilots of Carrier Air Wing 15 pounded a railroad ferry complex northeast of Thanh Hoa Sep. 21-23, 1966. Targets included a thermal power plant, defending flak sites, railways, boxcars, and roads. After the raid shown in these before and after photos, Navy Intruder and Skyhawk pilots described the area as 'devastated.'" Aerial photo of a landscape with roads, a village, a railway, a river, and farms.

Original caption: "Before and After near Thanh Hoa, North Vietnam - Navy jet pilots of Carrier Air Wing 15 pounded a railroad ferry complex northeast of Thanh Hoa Sep. 21-23, 1966. Targets included a thermal power plant, defending flak sites, railways, boxcars, and roads. After the raid shown in these before and after photos, Navy Intruder and Skyhawk pilots described the area as 'devastated.'" Aerial photo of a bombed landscape with roads, a village, a railway, a river, and farms.

Original caption: "Before and After near Thanh Hoa, North Vietnam - Navy jet pilots of Carrier Air Wing 15 pounded a railroad ferry complex northeast of Thanh Hoa Sep. 21-23, 1966. Targets included a thermal power plant, defending flak sites, railways, boxcars, and roads. After the raid shown in these before and after photos, Navy Intruder and Skyhawk pilots described the area as 'devastated.'" Aerial photo of a bombed landscape with roads, a village, a railway, and farms.

Original caption: "Before and After near Thanh Hoa, North Vietnam - Navy jet pilots of Carrier Air Wing 15 pounded a railroad ferry complex northeast of Thanh Hoa Sep. 21-23, 1966. Targets included a thermal power plant, defending flak sites, railways, boxcars, and roads. After the raid shown in these before and after photos, Navy Intruder and Skyhawk pilots described the area as 'devastated.'" Aerial photo of a crater pocked landscape, including a bombed railway and farms.

Original caption: "Before and After near Thanh Hoa, North Vietnam - Navy jet pilots of Carrier Air Wing 15 pounded a railroad ferry complex northeast of Thanh Hoa Sep. 21-23, 1966. Targets included a thermal power plant, defending flak sites, railways, boxcars, and roads. After the raid shown in these before and after photos, Navy Intruder and Skyhawk pilots described the area as 'devastated.'" Aerial photo of a bombed landscape with railroads, a river, farm fields, a village, and roads.

Original caption: "Before and After near Thanh Hoa, North Vietnam - Navy jet pilots of Carrier Air Wing 15 pounded a railroad ferry complex northeast of Thanh Hoa Sep. 21-23, 1966. Targets included a thermal power plant, defending flak sites, railways, boxcars, and roads. After the raid shown in these before and after photos, Navy Intruder and Skyhawk pilots described the area as 'devastated.'" Aerial photo of a bombing of a railway bridge in a rural area.

Original caption: "Before and After near Thanh Hoa, North Vietnam - Navy jet pilots of Carrier Air Wing 15 pounded a railroad ferry complex northeast of Thanh Hoa Sep. 21-23, 1966. Targets included a thermal power plant, defending flak sites, railways, boxcars, and roads. After the raid shown in these before and after photos, Navy Intruder and Skyhawk pilots described the area as 'devastated.'" Aerial photography of buildings, farm fields, a railroad, and roads.

Original caption: "Devastated - said Navy jet pilots of Carrier Air Wing 15, Sep. 21, 1966, after pounding a railroad ferry complex northeast of Thanh Hoa in North Vietnam. The accompanying before-and-after photos display partial effects of about 200 tons of bombs dropped during the day by Air Wing 15. In attacking the area at least 8 defending flak sites were silenced. Boxcars, tracks and bomb craters are clearly seen before-and-after being hit by A6 Intruder and A4 Skyhawk pilots." Aerial photography of a road and a bombed train.

Original caption: "Devastated - said Navy jet pilots of Carrier Air Wing 15, Sep. 21, 1966, after pounding a railroad ferry complex northeast of Thanh Hoa in North Vietnam. The accompanying before-and-after photos display partial effects of about 200 tons of bombs dropped during the day by Air Wing 15. In attacking the area at least 8 defending flak sites were silenced. Boxcars, tracks and bomb craters are clearly seen before-and-after being hit by A6 Intruder and A4 Skyhawk pilots." Aerial photography of a road and trains on a railroad.

Original caption: "Hatch Teams 'Home' - This floating berthing vessel (APL 30) is 'home' to 30 hatch teams that work the holds of cargo vessels at anchor in Da Nang harbor. Berthing spaces aboard are air-conditioned for crewman's comfort." A large berthing ship anchored offshore.

Original caption: "Cargo Offloading - LCU's (Landing Craft Utility) and LCM's 8's (Landing Craft Medium) tied-up alongside merchant vessel load-up with combat cargo. These craft make numerous shuttles a day during the 24-hour, seven-days-a-week operation." Four American Navy cargo barges are pulled up alongside a large ship.

Original caption: "Heading Ashore - LCM-8 #870 journey's through anchorage area of Da Nang harbor enroute to Commercial Pier within the city of Da Nang. The cargo aboard the LCM-8 is combat tents slated for delivery to the Marines." An American Naval barge loaded with crates and supplies sails toward shore. There are two large Naval ships in the background.

Original caption: "Loading Up - LCM-8 #870 takes cargo aboard starboard-side to S.S. Sir John Franklin as Hatch Team #9 offloads combat tents destined for the Marines. "870" is one of the LCM-8's which deliver the cargo from ship to shore." Cargo is unloaded from a large Navy ocean liner onto a small barge.

Original caption: "Cargo Delivery - Pier Team #16 offloads LCM-8 #870 at Museum Annex pier within the city of Da Nang. The cargo consists of beverages bound for the Army-Air Force Exchange. Just 95 minutes earlier it was in the hold of a merchant vessel anchored in Da Nang harbor." A Naval dock with large cranes and crates of cargo.