USCG in Vietnam

[aclark79]

due to a request, here is what I have/find on the US Coast Guard in Vietnam

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WPB's of CG Coastal Squadron One, Division 13 near Cat Lo in 1967

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USCGC Point Young of Division 11, U.S. Coast Guard Squadron One, on patrol off Phu Quoc Island, 13 November 1965

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USCGC Pontchartrain (WHEC 70)

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Chief [Warrant] Gunner Elmer L. HICKS, USCG, designer of an adapter for a .50 caliber Browning machine gun on top of the recoil cylinder of the 81mm seagoing mortar mount

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Close-up of gun crew on board USCGC POINT COMFORT (WPB-82317) firing 81mm mortar during bombardment of suspected Viet Cong staging area one mile behind An Thoi.

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DA NANG, VIETNAM -- Coast Guard 82

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The USCGC Point Comfort inspects a Vietnamese fishing junk.

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A captured Viet Cong from the morning's raid by the junk force and 82 footer is guarded while his companion is undergoing surgery aboard the Andy in a futile attempt to save his life for further interrogation



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10 March 1966; While on patrol in the Saigon River, crewmen stand ready with guns on board the 82-foot U. S. Coast Guard cutter POINT WHITE (WPB-82308) as another crewman boards and searches a junk.

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82-foot U.S. Coast Guard Cutter POINT LEAGUE stands off watching the burning 100-foot steel Viet Cong trawler that the cutter forced aground near the village of Ba Dong, So. Viet Nam, during several hours of gun battle to keep the enemy from entering Co Chien River on June 20, 1966

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USCGC Gresham's five-incher provides gunfire support for friendly forces ashore in South Vietnam

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Cam Rahn Bay, Coast Guard Explosive Loading Detachment 2

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Coast Guard Cutter Basswood works a buoy

[goat89]

Nice pics! Thx!

[M1 Garand]

Nice pics man. Thanks.

[faithless]

Thank you for doing this.My father served on a vietnam vintage cutter when he was in the coast guard.unfortunatly all his fotos were lost moving from California.

[Anthony91]

Awesome pics aclark. :D

[Straker]

Great pics thanks