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| 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
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views around the City |
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 Sumner at anchor |
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| The harbor area that was filled with merchant shipping | |||
Underway from Kaohsiung,
Taiwan to Hong Kong, BCC
July 2, 1967 to July 3, 1967
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Our last view of Kaohsiung |
Hong Kong, BCC
July 3, 1967 to July 9, 1967
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| 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
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| Views of the
harbor from Victoria Peak |
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| General
views including the Race Track, refugee shacks and terrace gardening |
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| Tiger Balm
Gardens |
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| ETN2 James
E. Fredrickson, MM2 Frank Roman and SHL3 Frank George Goetz |
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A visit to Repulse Bay and
the beach
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| Fred & Peter refugees from Peking |
Then to Aberdeen, home of
the "Boat People"
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| 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 |
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| A view back toward Victoria | Making
our way through the City |
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| Then
to the New Territories |
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| Kam
Tin walled city |
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| More
general views of the New Territories |
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| Views of
"Red China" and the Border Gate |
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| 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
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| RM3 William D. Beck | RDSN
James J. Georgantas and RM3 William D. Beck |
Restaurant at the top of the peak | |
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Another way to get to the
top, an Inclined Railroad or Tram
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| Views of and from the Tram | ||
Nha Trang, South Vietnam
July 11, 1967
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| Views of the
harbor |
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| LTJG Dennis
Edward Carroll's PCF, he had preciously served on the Sumner and came out for a visit |
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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)
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| South
Vietnam "Injun Country" |
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| In the
center of these two pictures you can see the results of 5"/38 shells exploding on the "Cong" |
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Buckner Bay, Okinawa
August 4, 1967
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| Flyboys are always trying to find a way to join the Tin Can Navy ! | |||
Yokosuka, Japan
August 6, 1967 to August 9, 1967
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| Some views
of the City |
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| 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
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Underway from Pearl
Harbor to San Francisco
August 18, 1967 to August 23, 1967
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| 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
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| Just like in the movies,
we return by going under the Golden Gate |
Views of the harbor as we head to Treasure Island | ||
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| The
Oakland Bay Bridge |
Alcatraz | ||
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| General
views around the City |
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| The Golden
Gate Park and Haight Ashbury |
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| Fisherman's
Wharf and Joe DiMaggio's restaurant |
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| Back to sea and our last views of the Golden Gate | |||
Acapulco, Mexico
August 31, 1967 to September 2, 1967
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| Views in and
around the City |
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| Views around
the harbor |
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| Both of
these images appear to be Sea Stories ??? |
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| On to the beach | |||
Pollywog Day
September 4, 1967
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| BT1 Harold
M. Barrett, BTC George T. McVay and MMC George W. Brock Showing respect for Shell Backs |
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Shell Back Day
September 5, 1967
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| 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 |
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| 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 |
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| The
Royal Barber BTCGeorge T. McVay |
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| The Shell Backs get their revenge and now there are no Pollywogs aboard | ||
Many thanks to Dennis for forwarding these pieces of our history
