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Best Moment
Getting Chief Engeers Licens
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Worst Moment
Being on a ammo ship going up the Long Tram, Long Tau Rivers going to Saigon and othere ports in many places the rivers were only 1 to 1/2 clicks wide,Wheel House had to be sand baged, crew on watch had to be in flak jeckits and helmets,grenade screens on port holes,no one on deck, off watch crew had to sleep in passage ways, Engineers only ones below deck standing watch.SS.Baton Rouge Victory lost all 8 man engine room watch from mine placed on hull. (1966 to 1968/1970 to 1975) 9 trips, 4 ammo ships, 2 JP4 Tankers, 3 Gen cargo ships with no flack jackit no helmet no
bunker to jump into knowing that the local VC units had heavy machine guns 12mm, 57mm recoilless rifles,RPG'S.AVRN troops would bring cases of grenades on board to drop over the side to keep the VC swimmers from putting limpet mines on the hull, when we were at the dock or at anchor,when unloading cargo all Vietnamese workes had to be strip down so no bombs could be placed,and none could leave till unloading was done.33 ships were attacked,but I must say we were payed real well for it.
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