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 Cabin of CGC Point Orient, May 1969 |
 Cabin of CGC Point Orient, May 1969 |
 Sampans. May 1969 |
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| Operation "Daring Rebel" May 5-25, 1969. | |||||
 USS Bolster (RS 38) during beach landing. |
USMC AMTRAKS returning to LPD . |
 USS Duluth (LPD-6). Pt. Orient going alongside for fuel and water. |
 Air strike on Barrier Island 23 miles south of Da Nang. |
 Air strike on Barrier Island 23 miles south of Da Nang. |
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 USN PCF (possibly PCF 34). |
 USS Okinawa(LPH-3). |
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| Nurse's Day Out on the Cua Viet. | |||||
 USS Sanctuary (AH-17) |
 USS Sanctuary (AH-17) |
 Nurses enroute to Cua Viet on board a USMC AMTRAK. |
 Nurses aboard Point Orient to meet with USMC AMTRAK.
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 Nurses aboard Point Orient. |
 Nurses aboard USMC AMTRAK to Cua Viet.. |
 Nurses on Cua Viet beach, (AMTRAK No. 176712). |
 Naval Support Activity, Cua Viet. Officer's Club. |
 CH-46 (Tail no. EP 152499) checking out nurses. (Seahorse on engine cowling) |
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| Sick Call on Repose. |  Point Orient seen from USS Repose (AH-16). |
 Point Orient seen from USS Repose (AH-16). |
 Point Orient seen from USS Repose (AH-16). |
 Point Orient seen from USS Repose (AH-16). |
 Lt. Jim Ellis, USCG, being hoisted aboard USS Repose (AH-16). |
 Ltjg. Terry O'Connell, USCG, being hoisted aboard USS Repose (AH-16). |
 Ltjg. Terry O'Connell, USCG, being hoisted aboard USS Repose (AH-16). |
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| To Ski or Not to Ski. Take your recreation where you can get it. | |||||
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| Village Visit. This village was on Cu Lao Re, an island 16 miles off the coast. It was good rest stop. |  The Army used Cu Lao Re too. Point Orient in background. |
 VNN Ensign Tran Trong Loc . |
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| Boarding and others in the area. | |||||
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 Ltjg Terry O'Connell boarding a coastal hauler. |
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 USCGC Spencer (WHEC-36. |
 USCGC Spencer MEDCAP team. |
 USCGC Spencer MEDCAP team. |
 USCGC USS St. Paul (CA-73) on gun |
 PCF 13 off Coastal Group 11. |
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 Point Orient on patrol. |
 Point Orient on patrol. |
 Point Orient at the Small Craft Repair Facility (SCRF), Da Nang, June 1969. |
 Point Orient at the Small Craft Repair Facility (SCRF), Da Nang, June 1969. |
 Point Orient at the Small Craft Repair Facility (SCRF), Da Nang, June 1969. |
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| More Boarding. | |||||
 On the beach. |
 All vessels were suspect. |
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 Not fishermen. UDT Team returning to Point Orient. |
 (L-R) BMC Brooks and Lt Charles Laughary receiving small arms from UDT Team. |
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 No Nose. Probably cancer. |
 FNG on Watch |
 Same guy after six months of patrols |
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 Rush hour on Point Orient boardings. |
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| Point Arden. October 1969 | |||||
 Ltjg. Terry O'Connell as CO of Point Arden. |
 Ltjg. Sam Abernathy O'Connell as XO of Point Arden |
 BMCM A. M. Mitchell of Point Arden |
 BM3 Doug McFadden |
 BMC Sherman Culbourne (deceased) at Kim Bong |
 BMC Sherman Culbourne (deceased) returning from Kim Bong with palm tree. |
USCGC Point Arden |
 USCGC Point Dume with turnover package. |
 Let the good times roll! |
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| Shooting your way to peace. | |||||
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 81mm Gun Crew firing on Barrier Island south of Da Nang. BMCM Mitchell, BM3 Doug McFadden, and GM3 Ron Junk. |
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| Christmas Dinner the Arden Way, 1969. | |||||
 Christmas Dinner, 1969. Point Arden. (L-R) LCDR Thomas C. Volke, USCG, Division 12 Squadron Commander, Ltjg. Terry O'Connell. |
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 It has been claimed that Point Arden had the only real turkey for the dinner and this is how they got LCRR Vokle to come to dinner. Just how did they get one? |
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| A View ofBay of Da Nang from atop Monkey Mountain. | |||||
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| Vietnamese Crew and Turnover. | |||||
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 (L-R)Unknown VNN officer, Ltjg. Terry O'Connell. |
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 The Point Arden's Vietnamese crew. |
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 Point Glover Vietnamese Crew in front rank. |
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 Captain David Perkins, USCG, signs turnover agreement. |
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 Ready for turnover. CGC Point Glover, Point Arden and another unidentifed WPB. |
 Last Point Arden crew. |
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