Photo Of The Day Gallery | 80th Anniversary

A member of the flight deck crew of the USS America signals to a helicopter approaching for a landing on the air carriers flight deck.

USS America flight deck, 1968

Aerial view of the USS America. Air planes line the flight deck of the aircraft carrier as it participates in Operation Sea Dragon of the North Vietnames shore.

USS America, 1969

Lance Cpl. Nick Romano washes up as Company Commander Lanham Jr. hangs a captured hammock between two Amtracs (LTVs) with the help of another Marine.

Operation Pipestone Canyon, 1969

SK3 Samual W. Wade, left, air defense phone talker, and FTM3 Thomas G. Stone, TDT (Target Designation Transmitter), look into shore through binoculars on board USS Buchanan during Operation Sea Dragon.

USS Buchanan, 1968

Marines take breather during island sweep

1st Marine Division, 1969

Marines prepare to go out on a sweep as the early morning sun tries to break through the clouds, having just risen above the mountains.

1st Marine Division, 1969

Members of the 2nd Battalion, 1st Regiment, 1st Marine Division take a break during sweep operations on the north side of Go Noi Island.

1st Marine Division, 1969

On board a helicopter as it approaches the aircraft carrier USS America during Operation Sea Dragon.

Helicopter approaches USS America, 1968