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Marine Corps Video

Vietnam-era Marine air, the F-4 Phantom, the flight line at Chu Lai, and the Silent Drill Platoon. Nothing loads from YouTube until you press play.

The films

The Phantom Over Vietnam

F-4 Phantoms flying Marine air support in Vietnam.
On Target

Marine F-4 Phantoms on the run in. Close air support, from the cockpit.
Arming Up At Chu Lai

Ordnance crews hanging bombs on an F-4B at Chu Lai. The work nobody photographs.
The Phantom, End To End

A 1987 documentary on the F-4 Phantom II, the aircraft that carried Marine air through the war.
The Silent Drill Platoon

Twenty-four Marines, fixed bayonets, and not one word of command.
At The Lincoln Memorial

The Silent Drill Platoon performing at the Lincoln Memorial.
Meet The Silent Drill Platoon

How the platoon is introduced, and what the drill is for. Filmed in 2024.