Description of US Gov. Vietnam War film footage from National Archives. Mentions Commander Tom H. Replogle.

Control NumberNWDNM(m)-428-NPC-39017General MaterialMotion picture filmsDescription TypeItemRecord Group428Series DesignatorNPCItem Designator39017TitleRETURN OF PILOTS FROM VIETNAM STRIKE MISSION Aboard USS CONSTELLATION, Gulf of TonkinDate08/26/1967Formatsilent, unedited, 75 feet, color, 16mm.Creating UnitNaval Photographic Center, Department of the NavyRecord Type/GenreUnedited Military FootageScope & Content1) LA MLS Island structure seen from the port catwalk forward, men in the catwalk in R FG. G-F 2) MLS PAN to R, F-4B being launched from the angle deck and in flight. VG 3) LA MS RA-5C being moved onto the catapult. G 4) LA LS Side view of A-1H a/c, wings folded, on the far side of the deck; PAN off to R to a RA-5C on #2 catapult; green shirts on the catwalk. G 5) LA MCU Yellow shirt with his right hand raised (this is the catapult officer), giving a launch signal. G 6) CU Front view of yellow shirt on deck, looking off to L. G 7) LS Island structure; F-4B's fly over the ship. G 8) LS Looking toward the island structure, undt. a/c lining the distant BG. F 9) MS PAN, F-4B making a touch and go off the angle deck. G 10) MS Men standing on deck as an F-4B lands and makes a recovery in BG. 11) CU Rear view of yellow shirt directing the plane forward. G-F 12) CU Yellow shirt directing the plane forward. G-F 13) ECU Side view of F-4B taxiing into the parking area. G 14) LA MS Canopy opening on the F-43; men working on the a/c. G 15) CU Front view of Squadron Skipper, CO TOM H. REPLOGLE, USN, VF-143, waiting to greet the pilot and the RIO after their a/c made a MIG-21 kill over North Vietnam. G 16) CU Rear view of the CDR; canopies opening on the F-4B's in the BG. 17) LA MS RIO climbing out of his seat, shaking hands with the pilot, then climbing down. G 18) LA MCU Pilot climbing down from the a/c, being greeted by CDR REPLOGLE; CDR shakes hands with both men, next to the a/c. VGGeneral NoteFootage contains coverage on the arrival of the MIG-21 killers, LTJG ROBERT P. HICKEY, JR, USN, pilot and LTJG JEREMY G. MORRIS, USNR, radar intercepter officer, aboard CVA-64 after a strike mission over North Vietnam. Footage contains coverage on the arrival of the MIG-21 killers, LTJG ROBERT P. HICKEY, JR, USN, pilot and LTJG JEREMY G. MORRIS, USNR, radar intercepter officer, aboard CVA-64 after a strike mission over North Vietnam. on the arrival of the MIG-21 killers, LTJG ROBERT P. HICKEY, JR, USN, pilot and LTJG JEREMY G. MORRIS, USNR, radar intercepter officer, aboard CVA-64 after a strike mission over North Vietnam. Footage contains coverage on the arrival of the MIG-21 killers, LTJG ROBERT P. HICKEY, JR, USN, pilot and LTJG JEREMY G. MORRIS, USNR, radar intercepter officer, aboard CVA-64 after a strike mission over North Vietnam. Footage contains coverage on the arrival of the MIG-21 killers, LTJG ROBERT P. HICKEY, JR, USN, pilot and LTJG JEREMY G. MORRIS, USNR, radar intercepter officer, aboard CVA-64 after a strike mission over North Vietnam. on the arrival of the MIG-21 killers, LTJG ROBERT P. HICKEY, JR, USN, pilot and LTJG JEREMY G. MORRIS, USNR, radar intercepter officer, aboard CVA-64 after a strike mission over North Vietnam. USN, pilot and LTJG JEREMY G. MORRIS, USNR, radar intercepter officer, aboard CVA-64 after a strike mission over North Vietnam. Footage contains coverage on the arrival of the MIG-21 killers, LTJG ROBERT P. HICKEY, JR, USN, pilot and LTJG JEREMY G. MORRIS, USNR, radar intercepter officer, aboard CVA-64 after a strike mission over North Vietnam. Footage contains coverage on the arrival of the MIG-21 killers, LTJG ROBERT P. HICKEY, JR, USN, pilot and LTJG JEREMY G. MORRIS, USNR, radar intercepter officer, aboard CVA-64 after a strike mission over North Vietnam. on the arrival of the MIG-21 killers, LTJG ROBERT P. HICKEY, JR, USN, pilot and LTJG JEREMY G. MORRIS, USNR, radar intercepter officer, aboard CVA-64 after a strike mission over North Vietnam. Footage contains coverage on the arrival of the MIG-21 killers, LTJG ROBERT P. HICKEY, JR, USN, pilot and LTJG JEREMY G. MORRIS, USNR, radar intercepter officer, aboard CVA-64 after a strike mission over North Vietnam. Footage contains coverage on the arrival of the MIG-21 killers, LTJG ROBERT P. HICKEY, JR, USN, pilot and LTJG JEREMY G. MORRIS, USNR, radar intercepter officer, Ekta color.Subject RefSUBJECT: CONSTELLATION, USS, (CVA-64); AVIATORS, Pilots, USN, returned after Vietnam Strike Mission -(MIG's downed); HICKEY, R-OBERT P., JR., USN; MORRIS, JEREMY G., LTJG, USN, Radar Interceptor Officer); PLANE, F-4B; PLANE, Catted, CVA (F-4B); AIR CARRIER, CVA, Scenes Abrd, Air Act; PLANE, RA-5C; PLANES, A-1H; AIR CARRIER, Pers., Cat Officer; PLANE, In Flgt., over ship; AIR CARRIER, Pers., Cat Crewmen; PLANES, Land, Shipb'd (F-4B); PLANES, Taxiing, Shipb'd, F-4B; REPLOGLE, TOM H., CO, USN; SQUADRON, VF-143Source of TitleTitle from master card.Accession NumberNN3-428-91-002; 003; NN3-428-92-002; 003ContactMotion Picture, Sound, and Video Branch (NWDNM), National Archives at College Park, 8601 Adelphi Road, College Park, MD 20740-6001 PHONE: (301) 713-7060 FAX: (301) 713-6904

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