USS Enterprise Air Strikes on North Vietnamese Targets, Vietnam
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DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE OFFICE OF NEWS SERVICES THE PENTAGON, WASHINGTON, D. C. 20301 - LIBERTY 5-6700 AUDIO-VISUAL DIVISION RADI0-TV-NEWSFILM BRANCH ROOM 2E765 - EXTENSION 75111 Release Number 136.66 DUPE NEGATIVE TO: Footage: 100' 16mm B&W F.C. Master FINE GRAIN TO; July 5, 1966 USS ENTERPRISE AIR STRIKES ON NORTH VIETNAM TARGETS (Official U. S. Navy film released by Department of Defense) America's nuclear-povered aircraft carrier, USS Enterprise, has returned to the United States following an eight-month tour of action off the coast of Vietnam. Enterprise joined forces of the U. S. Seventh Fleet in the Western Pacific in November of last year. While there, her pilots flew a record-breaking 177 conbat sorties in one day (December 11, 1965), and in six months a total of 13,020 sorties for a new single deployment record. This film shows some of the final air strikes from the Enterprise while operating off the coast of Vietnam. River traffic, storage areas, bridges and automatic weapons sites near Thank Hos and Haiphong in North Vietnan were struck on April 26 and 28 by pilots from the Enterprise. Flying A4 Skyhawks, the pilots reported anti-sircraft fire as ranging from light to heavy. Damage estimates for Nevy strikes during the two days were 127 junks destroyed, 3 automatic weapons sites destroyed, one highway cut, and large explosions in storage areas. Pilots from the Enterprise returned to Haiphong and Vinh areas on May 10 to strike river traffic, storage areas, radar sites and bridges. The day's strike included 8 storage areas destroyed with several secondary explosions sighted, and 10 junks destroyed plus several damaged. NOTE TO EDITORS: PLEASE CREDIT DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE IN TITLE OR COMMENTARY The fine grain master positive, released to the company designated above, is for duplication and distribution to interested TV and Newsreel pool members. It is then to be returned within 72 hours to the Film Library, Army Pictorial Center, 35-11 35th Avenue, Long Island City 1, New York. The master positive must not be cut in any manner. A dupe negative is also for release to the company designated above for distribution to pool members so desiring for duplication purposes. Within 24 hours it will be delivered to DeLuxe Laboratories, 850 Tenth Avenue, New York, N. Y., telephone Circle 7-3220 where it will be avail- able to non-pool members and other authorized organizations which make satisfactory financial arrangements with DeLuxe Laboratories. The dupe negative must not be cut in any manner. D23413
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Records of the Office of the Chief Signal Officer