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 Topic: Were shore raids SOP for Swiftboats? |
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| duhaast Replies: 3 Views: 4101 |
 Forum: Resources & Research Posted: Wed Sep 15, 2004 6:51 pm Subject: Stay in the river. |
| I am not a Swiftie, nor an expert in tactics, but I have read it stated thusly:
A Swift has serious armament with it's twin .50's, aft combo .50/mortar, .30 M-60, and crew M-16's and M-79's. Wh ... |
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| Topic: How many of us got "Captains Mast" and why? |
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| duhaast Replies: 18 Views: 13870 |
Forum: Vets and Active Duty Military Posted: Mon Sep 13, 2004 1:21 am Subject: (sigh)..... |
| I really hesitate to do this on a forum where I'm pretty new, don't know anyone, and it's military to boot....
...but you asked, so here goes.... ...please, be gentle.... I was young, sca ... |
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| Topic: Hollywood Movies vs Vietnam? |
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| duhaast Replies: 5 Views: 4517 |
Forum: Resources & Research Posted: Sun Sep 12, 2004 3:42 pm Subject: Hollywood Movies vs Vietnam? |
| Actually, there's a book out from a few years ago that I don't recall the name of, something like "Vietnam on Film", that discussed everything filmed up til that time (late 80's).
Hamburger Hill wa ... |
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| Topic: How do you tell if you're "a VietNam Veteran"? |
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| duhaast Replies: 30 Views: 20058 |
Forum: Vets and Active Duty Military Posted: Thu Sep 09, 2004 2:13 am Subject: Vets... |
| I too wondered for a long time how to deal with my Navy service.
I was on Yankee Station in 1972, on the U.S.S. Mispillion AO-105 as a BT, with an UNREP station as ship to ship phone talker on stat ... |
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| Topic: What kind of apology does Kerry NEED to give? |
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| duhaast Replies: 41 Views: 29288 |
Forum: Vets and Active Duty Military Posted: Thu Sep 09, 2004 1:37 am Subject: Apology? |
| At least Judas went and hung himself..... | |
| Topic: About Swift boats..... |
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| duhaast Replies: 8 Views: 7747 |
Forum: Vets and Active Duty Military Posted: Thu Sep 02, 2004 2:38 pm Subject: How wrong am I? |
| I took the tour after I wrote that (I hadn't realized there was a link before) and though I can see some differences compaired to these
http://warboats.org/images/pdf/PCF1.pdf diagrams (pages 1 ... |
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| Topic: About Swift boats..... |
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| duhaast Replies: 8 Views: 7747 |
Forum: Vets and Active Duty Military Posted: Thu Sep 02, 2004 12:19 am Subject: I think I've got it... |
| LOL @ rb...
Thanks, November. I wish the quality of the pdf was better, but with study I think I've got it.....thusly.... Forward, there were 6 bunks, 4 uppers and 2 lowers. Moving aft, there ... |
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| Topic: About Swift boats..... |
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| duhaast Replies: 8 Views: 7747 |
Forum: Vets and Active Duty Military Posted: Tue Aug 31, 2004 6:56 pm Subject: About Swift boats..... |
| I've been searching, but can't really find any pix except exterior shots.
I'm interested in the interior of the boats. Anyone know of any interior pix or diagrams of the layout? |
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| Topic: Looking for Kerry info |
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| duhaast Replies: 4 Views: 3703 |
Forum: Vets and Active Duty Military Posted: Mon Aug 23, 2004 11:54 pm Subject: Looking for Kerry info |
| I have seen or heard somewhere a discription of Kerry's volunteerism to 'Nam thinking it was safe easy duty,and how it got dangerous and turned into something he did not want to do.
Can anyone give ... |
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| Topic: Kerry's V for Valor on his Silver Cross against law |
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| duhaast Replies: 5 Views: 5939 |
Forum: Vets and Active Duty Military Posted: Sat Aug 21, 2004 5:55 pm Subject: ? |
Could someone post a link to this? I can't find the specific item about Silver Star with V...  |
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| Topic: Where were you on Sept 11 2001? |
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| duhaast Replies: 32 Views: 24969 |
Forum: Vets and Active Duty Military Posted: Tue Aug 17, 2004 6:43 pm Subject: 9/11 |
| I live in SoCal, and got into the car to drive my daughter to high school.
I was listening to Bill Handel on KFI 640 AM. The first plane had hit and he was talking about that....a horrible accident ... |
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| Topic: Vets & ACDU Only - Muster Here |
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| duhaast Replies: 698 Views: 591550 |
Forum: Vets and Active Duty Military Posted: Thu Aug 12, 2004 4:20 pm Subject: Vets & ACDU Only - Muster Here |
| Hello all. My name is Jim Pobog. I'm 53, and was in the Navy Reserve from 1970 to 1976, with an active duty tour to S.E. Asia (WESTPAC) in 1972.
I was assigned to "B" Division (the boiler room) on ... |
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