U.S.S. Allen M. Sumner DD-692
Dennis Greene's Memorabilia Collection

Vietnam Deployment - February 7, 1967 to September 11, 1967
Part II

Kaohsiung, Taiwan
June 25, 1967 to July 2, 1967

General views around the City
   

Sumner at anchor
The harbor area that was filled with merchant shipping

Underway from Kaohsiung, Taiwan to Hong Kong, BCC
July 2, 1967 to July 3, 1967

Our last view of Kaohsiung

Hong Kong, BCC
July 3, 1967 to July 9, 1967

How we got around - a water taxi. The sign on top reads "FREE BOAT FOR DD-692"
Note the Sumner's Whaleboat in the distance

A tour of Victoria

Views of the harbor from Victoria Peak
   
General views including the Race Track, refugee shacks and terrace gardening
   
Tiger Balm Gardens
   
ETN2 James E. Fredrickson, MM2 Frank Roman and
SHL3 Frank George Goetz

A visit to Repulse Bay and the beach
  

Fred & Peter refugees from Peking

Then to Aberdeen, home of the "Boat People"
   


   
Tai Pak floating restaurant, SHL3 Frank George Goetz at the table in the foreground in the far right image

On to Kowloon, the other side of the harbor   
   

A view back toward Victoria Making our way through the City
   
Then to the New Territories
   
Kam Tin walled city
   
More general views of the New Territories
   
Views of "Red China" and the Border Gate
   
Where we had lunch, in the foreground is ET1 Toby E. Young Our Guide with RD3 Robert J. Black looking out the top of the van

We climb Mount Victoria by foot trail
   

RM3 William D. Beck RDSN James J. Georgantas and RM3 William D. Beck
   
Restaurant at the top of the peak

Another way to get to the top, an Inclined Railroad or Tram
   


Views of and from the Tram

Nha Trang, South Vietnam
July 11, 1967

Views of the harbor
   
LTJG Dennis Edward Carroll's PCF,
he had preciously served on the Sumner and came out for a visit

Vietnam Combat Zone - Patrol IV
July 11, 1967 to July 21, 1967
Operation Pershing - II Corps Area July 11 to July 21
(Support of the 101st Airborne)

South Vietnam "Injun Country"
   
In the center of these two pictures you can see the results of
5"/38 shells exploding on the "Cong"

Buckner Bay, Okinawa
August 4, 1967

Flyboys are always trying to find a way to join the Tin Can Navy !

Yokosuka, Japan
August 6, 1967 to August 9, 1967

Some views of the City
   
Nancy Cosgrove Nancy and Dennis Norma & Francis Cosgrove

Underway from Yokosuka, Japan to Pearl Harbor via Midway Island
August 9, 1967 to August 17, 1967

 Underway from Pearl Harbor to San Francisco
August 18, 1967 to August 23, 1967

Sumner leading the way with USS McCaffery (DD-860), USS Bigelow (DD-942) and USS Ault (DD-698

San Francisco, California
August 23, 1967 to August 26, 1967

Just like in the movies, we return by going under the Golden Gate
   
Views of the harbor as we head to Treasure Island
The Oakland Bay Bridge
   
Alcatraz
General views around the City
   
The Golden Gate Park and Haight Ashbury
   
Fisherman's Wharf and Joe DiMaggio's restaurant
   
Back to sea and our last views of the Golden Gate

Acapulco, Mexico
August 31, 1967 to September 2, 1967

Views in and around the City
   
Views around the harbor
   
Both of these images appear to be Sea Stories ???
   
On to the beach

Pollywog Day
September 4, 1967

BT1 Harold M. Barrett,  BTC George T. McVay and MMC George W. Brock
Showing respect for Shell Backs

Shell Back Day
September 5, 1967

MMC George W. Brock with supervision by MR2 Billy R. Johnson
   
IC1 Donald L. Tomlin MM1 Bobby R. Moore FTC Dale E. Johnson and STC Robert L. Green
King Neptune
SKC John D. Willis
The Royal Queen
RM2 Gerald W. Shoemaker
The Royal Queen & Baby
RM2 Gerald W. Shoemaker and MM2 Kenneth K. Musgraves
   
The Royal Barber
BTCGeorge T. McVay
   
The Shell Backs get their revenge and now there are no Pollywogs aboard

Many thanks to Dennis for forwarding these pieces of our history