On August 4, 1964, the American destroyers reported a second engagement with North Vietnamese boats.

Since 1975 millions of Vietnamese boat people have fled for freedom.

For over a year now, only Malaysia has been turning away Vietnamese boats.

As many as 50 to 60 percent of those Vietnamese boat people arriving in Malaysia are now being sent back out to sea, diplomats say.

On the night of August 3, 1979, several Vietnamese boats were burned and a vacant Vietnamese house was firebombed.

As rescue efforts proceeded, the Vietnamese boat flipped over and quickly sank.

On the underside of each panel is a fluorescently lit photographic transparency of Vietnamese boat people rescued by a large ship.

The last Vietnamese boat people.

Throughout the remainder of the year, Gallant boarded and searched suspicious Vietnamese boats.

And we were told to go with the Vietnamese boats, one of us per boat.