Original caption: "The Heat is On - George Nolan, Boatswain's Mate 1C, assists Robert J. Ely, Boatswain's Mate 2C, and Bobby R. Loftis, seaman, members of his Hatch Team #9, in slinging cargo in the 130 degree heat of #1 hold aboard S.S. Sir John Franklin. The men alternate between topside and below decks every 20-30 minutes due to extreme heat." American sailors tie up a crate of cargo with rope, preparing it for loading into a ship. They appear to be on a wooden dock.

Original caption: "Up and Away - Combat tents bound for Marines are lifted from #1 hold of S.S. Sir John Franklin to awaiting landing craft which shuttle the vital cargo to the piers within the city of Da Nang." A large wooden crate is lifted from the hold of a Navy ship onto the deck. Two sailors look on. It appears the crate is being lifted be a crane or some other machinery.

Original caption: "Lunch Break - Members of Hatch Team #9, Seamen Charles C. Shearon and Robert J. Kinney, Jr., and Boatswain's Mate 2C Robert J. Ely, take mid-day, 30-minute lunch break topside on merchant vessel they are offloading. The break helps to split-up 12-hour work shift. Combat 'C-rations' is the menu for lunch." Three American Navy sailors sit together, either on a dock or on the deck of a ship. There is a box labelled "meal combat individual" behind them, and the sailors appear to be dividing up the rations inside the box. One holds an opened can and another holds a small box.

Original caption: "'Ooops, not much water left.' John Murphy holds the water barrel, and old 55-gallon fuel drum - as one of his younger and smaller fellow workers 'gets to the bottom of things'. Water for the market project was carted by shoulder - Vietnamese style - by elderly women from a well half-a-mile away. Vietnamese construction methods were at first a bit strange to the American Seabees. Mixing concrete for instance, is done on the ground, at the spot where it will be used. No power mixer was used, only a wooden hoe, feet, and hands - the results are surprisingly good." Vietnamese workers pouring concrete in a build site. There appears to be an American soldier and a Vietnamese child also working.

Original caption: "Women make up the work force that labor beside Seabee Murphy in Tan Hy, the village's men-folk are in the fields or aboard their fishing sampans. The 'tamper' this woman is using is using to compress the foundation soil is common to all construction - this one was made and is manned by Vietnamese." Vietnamese workers mixing concrete on a build site.

Original caption: "It took almost two month to haul in the foundation material- crushed-rock and laterite - for the Tan Hy market place. The area on the south side of the Song Tra Bong (river) to date has had no market, forcing the population to travel across the river to Hon Ba. It has hoped that with their own bargaining place the fisherman and farmers in the area will find it easier and more profitable to carry on business. Up to 25 volunteer villagers work beside the 'one American' to build this community venture. Is there a language barrier? 'Who talks' says Murphy, 'We do a lot of laughing though.'" Vietnamese workers shovel and carry gravel in a building site.

Original caption: "A diamond saw bites into Chu Lai's two-mile Main Runway as Seabees from MCB 71 hurry to complete repairs on the damaged center seam. Lester Carroll, 19, from San Antonio, Texas, a member of Seventy-One's Charley Company guides his gas-powered saw along the seam. A constant supply of water was used to lubricate the work. As many as ten of the power saws were at work at one time on a 2-mile runway. The Seabees finished the project 4 days ahead of schedule...'in keeping with the tradition of the Seabees,' said Commodore Turner of third Naval Construction Brigade." American soldiers cut a narrow ditch in an air field runway with a large saw.

Original caption: "Seabees from Seventy-One's Charley Company are strung out along the center seam of Chu Lai Main Runway, as they repair the seam with specially prepared materials. The 2-miles seam had deteriorated and was endangering fast landing aircraft. The Seabees were called on to cut out the broken concrete and replace it with a special epoxy glue and specially mixed concrete. The concrete, requiring an extremely short "set-up" time was mixed close to the seam and quickly put into place by the 25 Seabees that worked on the project 24-hours a day. The project was completed four days ahead of schedule and won a pat on the back of Commodore Turner, Commanding Officer of the third Naval Construction Regiment." A group of American soldiers pour concrete in a narrow ditch. They appear to be on an air field runway.

Original caption: "Carrier Air Wing Nine Aviators pounded the KEP Airfield 37 miles Northeast of Hanoi, this morning. Their bombs destroyed four MIG's parked in ground revetments. Strike leader CDR. J. Andrew Burnett, of Jacksonville, Florida, executive officer of attack squadron 113 from the USS Enterprise, complimented the group's performance he said 'It was the prettiest job in a major strike I've seen. The section leaders, the wingman...everybody... did a perfect job.' A4 Skyhawks From his squadron served both as flak suppressors and as bombers." An American Navy pilot in uniform walks toward the camera.

Original caption: "Carrier Air Wing Nine Aviators from the USS Enterprise hit the KEP airfield 37 miles northeast of Hanoi, this morning. Capt. James L. Shipman, of Aurora, MO, joined Skyhawk pilots on the mission. 'There were four plans on the apron and no MIG's in the air ' He said, 'that's the way to get them... on the ground.'" An American Navy pilot in uniform walks toward the camera.

Original caption: "Harbor Defense - The crew of a U.S. Navy Harbor Defense craft in Cam Ranh Bay, Vietnam, search a passenger junk, checking personal identification and looking for equipment which could be used to sabotage the cargo ships at anchor there. The LCPLs, a unit of the Harbor Defense Force of Operation Stable Door, patrol the sheltered harbors of Vietnam to ward off threats to ships bringing vital supplies to Free World Forces. Operation Stable Door is part of the Coastal Surveillance Force which also conducts Operation Market Time." Two small motor boats on the open water. There are American soldiers and Vietnamese people onboard.

Original caption: "Plots - A crewmember of the gunboat USS Gallup plots the course to intercept a Vietnamese junk on one of the ship's Operation Market Time patrols. The Gallup arrived in Vietnam Apr. 27, 1967 as a unit of Market Time. The new, high-speed gunboat patrols along the 1,000 mile coastline of South Vietnam to prevent the infiltration of enemy men, arms and supplies to the Viet Cong ashore in South Vietnam." The camera is looking over the shoulder of a man, who is plotting on a map.

Original caption: "Night Work - A Vietnamese junk is picked up at night by a search light from the U.S. Navy Patrol Gunboat USS Gallup (PG 85). Boarding parties must be prepared 24 hours a day to conduct searches for contraband goods the enemy attempts to infiltrate to Viet Cong ashore in South Vietnam." A dark photograph of a boat at night.

Original caption: "Post-Strike photograph taken after the strike by pilots from Oriskany's carrier air wing sixteen against the Haiphong Highway Bridge SSE, two miles south of the North Vietnamese Prot City on 4 September. The northern end of the bridge is completely destroyed and spans were dropped in the water." Aerial photography of a destroyed bridge over a river.

Original caption: "Pre-Strike Photograph of the Haiphong Bridge SSE taken prior to the strike by Oriskany's carrier air wing sixteen pilots on 4 September." An Aerial photograph of a bridge over a river.

Original caption: "CNO Designate - Admiral Thomas H. Moorer (1), Chief of Naval Operations (Designate), is greeted by General William C. Westmoreland, Commander U.S. Military Assistance Command Vietnam, and Rear Admiral Kenneth L. Veth, Commander U.S. Naval Forces, Vietnam, upon his arrival at Saigon's air terminal yesterday afternoon, June 27 for an orientation tour of U.S. Navy commands in the Western Pacific. Admiral Moorer is the former Supreme Allied Commander, Atlantic, the North Atlantic Treaty Organization command, headquarters at Norfolk, at Norfolk, Va." Three American military men talk together in front of a plane.

Original caption: "The USS Collett heads across the Tonkin Gulf at high speed after taking on a fresh supply of ammunition." A naval ship sails across open water away from the camera.

Original caption: "Late Evening Shadows Begin to form on the flight deck of the USS Oriskany Silhouetting a group of A4 Skyhawks being armed and readied for an attack over North Vietnam." A row of jet planes sit on the deck of an aircraft carrier. Some sailors walk across the deck. The ship appears to be on the open sea.

Original caption: "A cluster of 500-pound frame two F4 Phantom II jets aboard a Seventh Fleet attack carrier in the Tonkin Gulf." Three bombs or missiles are attached to the underside of an airplane wing. In the background are two jet planes. The photo appears to be taken on an aircraft carrier.

Original caption: "Pre and post Strike Navy Photography of Kien An Highway Bridge - with the carrier striking force in the Tonkin gulf, Mar. 16 - Shown is the Kien An highway bridge on the southern edge of Haiphong after being severed by 1,000-pound bombs dropped by Navy A4 Skyhawks from the aircraft carrier USS Kitty Hawk. The 658-foot bridge , which links Haiphong with Ninh Binh/Nam Dinh area of North Vietnam, was severed by Navy pilots of Attack Squadrons 144 and 112, led by Cdr. N. Duff Arnold, 40, of San Diego, a Carrier Air Wing 11 pilot." An aerial photograph of a bombed river. There are two cut bridges and craters on the river's shore.

Original caption: "Smoke and Dust rise from the Boi Hoa highway ferry, located 37 statute miles southeast of Vinh, during an attack with 500-pound bombs by pilots from the attack carrier USS Hancock, Aug. 27." An Aerial photograph of a bomb going off near a river in a rural area. There are many craters scattered in the landscape.

Original caption: "The USS Newport News is shown cruising in the Tonkin Gulf. She is presently engaged in operations off North Vietnam immediately above the DMZ." A naval ship sails on the open water.

Original caption: "The guns of the USS Newport News, are the most rapid fire 8 inch guns in the navy. The Newport news and other cruisers play a vital part in the Navy's operation Sea Dragon off the coast of the North Vietnam." Three cannon or gun barrels on a naval ship face the camera. The top of the ship is in the background.

Original caption: "Seals ashore in Operation Crimson Tide - U.S. Navy Seals go ashore into a heavily-infested enemy area containing offensive bunkers and camouflaged fortifications along the Bassac River, 67 Miles southwest of Saigon in the Mekong Delta. Landing from support boats, the Seals destroyed approximately 275 enemy fortifications, bunkers, and sampans in the one-day operation on Sep. 15. Called Crimson Tide , the operation was supported by American Navy River Patrol Boats (PBRs) and Vietnamese Navy River Assault Group (RAG) craft. five enemy guerrillas were killed and two persons detained. One U.S. Navy man was slightly wounded. In addition, 25 lbs, of documents, 20 sampan motors, and three individual weapons were captured. Navy Operation 'Game Warden' boats patrolling the area repeatedly had been fired on by the enemy. The intent of the operation was to destroy hostile positions hidden on the thick jungle near the river bank." An American soldier kneels and holds his gun. There are more soldiers and a hut made of palm leaves in the background.

Original caption: "An SH-3A Sea King Helicopter from the attack carrier USS Bon Homme Richard races to rescue a downed U.S. Air Force pilot from an inland ridge east-northeast of Hai Phong, North Vietnam, May 23. The Sea King is a unit of helicopter squadron two, search and rescue detachment presently on station off the coast of North Vietnam." A US Navy helicopter flies over the open ocean.