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Me#1You#10
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 Posted: Wed Sep 19, 2012 5:05 am Post subject: Swift Boat from Vietnam War Comes to San Diego |
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PCF 24 has arrived in San Diego with SBSA in attendance....
| Quote: | Swift Boat from Vietnam War Comes to San Diego
Maritime Museum will add P-24 to its collection and preserve its history
By Gitzel Puente
Tuesday, Sep 18, 2012
The historic P-24 Swift Boat that was originally donated to the Republic of Malta in 1971 made its way to the waters of San Diego today with 35 Vietnam veterans on-board.
"This has taken us three years to get it here and we are really excited," expressed one of the Swift Boat veterans Virgil Erwin.
Erwin is one of the 3,500 Vietnam veterans who served on these vessels also known as Patrol Craft Fast from 1965 to 1973 to patrol the coast and to stop weapons from entering South Vietnam.
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Erwin is also part of the Swift Boat Sailors Association which will repaint P-24 to its original Navy colors and prepare it for future use.
NBC 7 San Diego - cont'd
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TEWSPilot
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What? No $800/bottle champagne to...oh, I forgot, Jay Z and Beyonce bought it all up for the Obama fundraiser...had to get that pyramid of bottles all the way to the ceiling, you know. Everybody else, raise a glass of your favorite brew and toast the homecoming of a real "Ship of State".
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mtboone
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| Posted: Fri Sep 21, 2012 5:00 am Post subject: Swift Boat from Vietnam War Comes to San Diego |
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I was fortunate to have been lucky to be one of the 35 men to Man the Rails as we brought P-24 into the pier in San Diego Tuesday. What is not known is that one of the riders was a man named Senyint Chim. Senyint was rescued by a swift boat in 1970 during a foray of swift boats into Cambodia when he jumped into a river after being targeted for assassination. Senyint was reunited with the man who jumped into the river to save him last year at our reunion and now Senyint resides in San Diego. So if anyone would like to make a donation to help restore P-24 for the San Diego Maritime Museum to make her operational and give tours, please donate at http://www.sdmaritime.org/swift-boat/
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