Original caption: "Aboard the USS Bon Homme Richard in the Gulf of Tonkin. This series of six pictures shows the Tram Bac OII Storage Area, located about six miles west of Haiphong in North Vietnam, exploding after pilots from this 7th Fleet attack aircraft carrier destroyed the site with 500-pound bombs. The Photographs were made by a camera mounted in a Navy A4E Skyhawk jet at an altitude of 3,000 feet on July 7 pilot of the aircraft, LTJG Billy W. Putnam, 27, of Winston Salem, N.C., reported seeing several secondary fires and smoke cover the target after the attack. Bombers were from attack squadrons 76 and 212." Aerial photo of a river in a rural area. A bomb is going off on one of the banks.

Original caption: "Aboard the USS Bon Homme Richard in the Gulf of Tonkin. This series of six pictures shows the Tram Bac OII Storage Area, located about six miles west of Haiphong in North Vietnam, exploding after pilots from this 7th Fleet attack aircraft carrier destroyed the site with 500-pound bombs. The Photographs were made by a camera mounted in a Navy A4E Skyhawk jet at an altitude of 3,000 feet on July 7 pilot of the aircraft, LTJG Billy W. Putnam, 27, of Winston Salem, N.C., reported seeing several secondary fires and smoke cover the target after the attack. Bombers were from attack squadrons 76 and 212." Aerial photo of a river in a rural area. A bomb appears to be going off on one of the banks.

Original caption: "Aboard the USS Bon Homme Richard in the Gulf of Tonkin. This series of six pictures shows the Tram Bac OII Storage Area, located about six miles west of Haiphong in North Vietnam, exploding after pilots from this 7th Fleet attack aircraft carrier destroyed the site with 500-pound bombs. The Photographs were made by a camera mounted in a Navy A4E Skyhawk jet at an altitude of 3,000 feet on July 7 pilot of the aircraft, LTJG Billy W. Putnam, 27, of Winston Salem, N.C., reported seeing several secondary fires and smoke cover the target after the attack. Bombers were from attack squadrons 76 and 212." Aerial photo of a river in a rural area. A bomb appears to be going off on one of the banks.

Original caption: "Aboard the USS Bon Homme Richard in the Gulf of Tonkin. This series of six pictures shows the Tram Bac OII Storage Area, located about six miles west of Haiphong in North Vietnam, exploding after pilots from this 7th Fleet attack aircraft carrier destroyed the site with 500-pound bombs. The Photographs were made by a camera mounted in a Navy A4E Skyhawk jet at an altitude of 3,000 feet on July 7 pilot of the aircraft, LTJG Billy W. Putnam, 27, of Winston Salem, N.C., reported seeing several secondary fires and smoke cover the target after the attack. Bombers were from attack squadrons 76 and 212." Aerial photo of a river in a rural area.

Original caption: "Aboard the USS Bon Homme Richard in the Gulf of Tonkin. This series of six pictures shows the Tram Bac OII Storage Area, located about six miles west of Haiphong in North Vietnam, exploding after pilots from this 7th Fleet attack aircraft carrier destroyed the site with 500-pound bombs. The Photographs were made by a camera mounted in a Navy A4E Skyhawk jet at an altitude of 3,000 feet on July 7 pilot of the aircraft, LTJG Billy W. Putnam, 27, of Winston Salem, N.C., reported seeing several secondary fires and smoke cover the target after the attack. Bombers were from attack squadrons 76 and 212." Aerial photo of a river in a rural area.

Original caption: "Aboard the USS Bon Homme Richard in the Gulf of Tonkin. This series of six pictures shows the Tram Bac OII Storage Area, located about six miles west of Haiphong in North Vietnam, exploding after pilots from this 7th Fleet attack aircraft carrier destroyed the site with 500-pound bombs. The Photographs were made by a camera mounted in a Navy A4E Skyhawk jet at an altitude of 3,000 feet on July 7 pilot of the aircraft, LTJG Billy W. Putnam, 27, of Winston Salem, N.C., reported seeing several secondary fires and smoke cover the target after the attack. Bombers were from attack squadrons 76 and 212." Aerial photo of a river in a rural area.

Original caption: "Four F4B's streak across the sky in formation towards their targets, in North Vietnam. The squadron is VF-114 which is deployed aboard the USS Kitty Hawk." Four US Navy fight jets in flight.

Original caption: "Saigon - Firing his 20mm cannon at point-blank range, Major Kuster hits the left wing of the MIG near the fuselage and it bursts into flame. The major's F-105 passed 15 to feet below the flaming MIG." An airplane flying with a damaged wing.

Original caption: "Commanding officer, Cdr. Philip J. Ryan, 39, of Goodhue, Minn., and his navigator, Lt. (j.g.) James E. Owne, 24, of Hartford, Conn., examine damage sustained by their RA-5C Vigilante while obtaining photo reconnaissance of the damage inflicted by planes from USS Enterprise on SAM missile complex, 50 miles southwest of Hanoi." Two US pilots examining a damaged aircraft.

Original caption: "F4B Phantoms and A4C Skywalks successfully hit the missile holding area with 500-pound bombs and rockets. The photo shows nine of the ten missiles were destroyed by the Enterprise pilots. Photos were taken despite heavy AAA fire from five placements." Aerial photo of smoke rising over a rural area. A white line drawn on the photo point out some bomb craters.

Original caption: "Aerial vertical view of Hai Duong Bridge that was destroyed by USS Kitty Hawk, Airwing embarked operating in the south China sea during Westpac deployment. Aircraft from the attack aircraft carrier USS Kitty Hawk cut the Hai Duong rail and highway bridge, clearly dropping two spans into the water, on Apr. 17. This bridge has long been considered a major transportation artery in North Vietnam and was a much sought-after target. Weather has hampered attacks in the past; however, improved weather conditions allowed A6 bombers and F4 fighter/bombers to launch a surprise attack Sunday." Aerial photo of a bombed bridge.

Original caption: "A surface to air missile is fired against U.S. Navy aircraft in the vicinity of Hai Duong, North Vietnam, the missile was fired from a heavily populated area. No damage was inflicted upon the navy aircraft as the SAM exploded prematurely over the city of Hai Duong." Aerial photo of a city, with a missile seen in the top of the frame.

Original caption: "Photo show remains of the Tri Dong Highway Bridge 38 miles South of Hanoi after strike by USS Bon Homme Richard pilots on 11 July 1967. Bridge was knocked out in an earlier raid but rebuilt. The 11 July attacked knocked down one span and damaged the rest. Bombed areas at top left and right of photo are anti-aircraft sites. LTJG Stephan R. Gray, Okla. on strike with other pilots of attack squadron 212, was Lemoore Calif., said 'we got some direct hits I could see pieces of the bridge flying through the air.'" Aerial photo of a bombed bridge over a river.

Original caption: "Two F4B's of Squadron VF-114 Head Towards North Vietnam were they will drop their load of bombs on their targets. The Squadron is deployed aboard the USS Kitty Hawk." Two Navy jets in flight.

Original caption: "A6As returning from bombing mission over North Vietnam. The Squadron in which the A6As are from is VA-85 which is deployed aboard the USS Kitty Hawk." Three airplanes flying in formation over some clouds.

Original caption: "Minutes after an attack by other aircraft of air wing nine from the USS Enterprise, an rA-5C Vigilante obtained this photograph of burning MIG's in Revetments at Kep military Airfield May 21. Four MIG's were burned on the ground during the attacks and airfield facilities received considerable damage. The pilot and Navigator of the reconnaissance vigilante were, lt. commander John H. Fowkles of Hanover, Virginia and Lt. John Capewell Jr. of Trenton, NJ." Aerial photo a bombed airfield in a rural area. Smoke rises from the area.

Original caption: "Bomb craters cover the Yen Vien railroad classification yard, 10 km (6 miles) east-northeast of Hanoi, in this picture take by an Air force reconnaissance pilot. The complex was hit Aug. 21, by F-105 Thunderchief pilots and F-4 Phantom crews of the 355th and 8th Tactical Fighter Wings. Numerous boxcars were wrecked and the center of the yard torn up. Numerous unit-aircraft artillery sites surround the rail facility." Aerial photo with white line around a group of buildings and a railway. The area is pocked with bomb craters.

Original caption: "An F-8 Crusader, mounted with sophisticated aerial photographic equipping underneath its fuselage, is launched from the attack aircraft carrier USS Bon Homme Richard in Tonkin Gulf. Photographs taken by this supersonic jet will provide pilots with reconnaissance data on military targets in North Vietnam." Navy plane taking off from an aircraft carrier.

Original caption: "The nuclear powered aircraft carrier USS Enterprise became a member of the U.S Seventh Fleet today. Accompanying her was the nuclear powered guided missile frigate USS Bainbridge." Aerial photo of an aircraft carrier on the open sea.

Original caption: "Xom Ca Trang bridge on route 12, 40 miles south of Vinh, at 12:30 today. The 2nd aircraft of the strike group scored a direct hit, dropping 1 span of the 2 span structure." Aerial photo of a bombed bridge over a river

Original caption: "Smoke billows from a North Vietnamese train attacked by Seventh Fleet Aircraft from the carrier, USS Midway, May 4 in what a Seventh Fleet spokesman said was probably the most successful armed reconnaissance mission flown to date by naval aircraft over Vietnam. Twenty railroad cars and two locomotives were destroyed and left smoking. The train, headed southward was stopped by downed bridges over North Vietnam Tuesday after conducting three days of in country attacks against Viet Cong concentrations in South Vietnam. Some twelve aircrafts, including A-4 Skyhawks and F-8 Crusaders, participated in the attack, hitting the train with 250 pound bombs, five inch zuni rockets and 20mm gunfire." Aerial photo of a bombed train in a rural area, with a black cloud of smoke rising from it.

Original caption: "Navy Strikes - in F4B Phantom jet of fighter squadron Twenty-One launched from the Seventh Fleet carrier release bombs on a Viet Cong concentration in South Vietnam. The mach II jet is piloted by LTJG Michael D. Hanley of Rancho Bernardo, California and flight officer is LTJG James B. Mills of Bakersfield, California." US Navy plane in flight dropping five bombs in a rural area.

Original caption: "USS constellation CVA-64 strike on H?i D??ng army barracks by pilots of the USS Constellation on Oct. 4, 1967." Aerial photograph of a bomb exploding in a rural area near a river. A jet plane is flying in the upper right of the frame.

Original caption: "Aerial photograph taken by U.S. Navy reconnaisance aircraft showing SAM site in the Hải Dương soccer stadium midway between Hanoi and Haiphong. Photograph shows North Vietnam's location of an Air Defence site in a populated area." Aerial photograph of a stadium with machines and tire tracks inside.

Original caption: "Air strike on B?c Giang thermonuclear power plant. Photo taken March 11 during a coordinated strike from three aircraft carriers. The plant, located 23 miles from Hanoi, was hit from A6 Intruders from Kitty Hawk and other Navy carrier based planes." Aerial photograph of a bombing in a rural area.