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U. S. Coast Guard. Vietnam 1965 - 1966

David Crawford's Tour 1966-67. David Crawford was the ET on the Point Garnet (WPB 82310) from March 1966 to March 1967. He took these photos. David would like to contact his old shipmates. Contact me and I'll forward the email or address.

"We were kept in Cho Lon for a few days on arrival in Saigon, awaiting transportation to our WPBs. Our quarters in Cho Lon were primitive - I think it was an old hotel converted into barracks. There were Army personnel at the door guarding us from behind sandbags. " "When we were landing at night at the Thon Son Nuit (sp) on our flight from the US, fuel tanks at the airport tank farm had been hit and they were burning a bright yellow-orange. That was March of 1966."

" This is a picture taken between April and August of 1966 on the Point Garnet in the waters off South Vietnam. The shooter was our cook at the time. His name was Brown or Browning. The sailor behind him was "Tucker" , an engineman (or fireman?). The sailor in the lower right corner was a well humored engineman and petty officer whose name I no longer recall, unfortunately."

	David took these pictures between March and August of 1966 from the Point Garnet. (WPB 82310)The photo in the upper left shows our South Vietnamese shipmate/interpreter (in rain gear on the sampan) checking documents, asking questions, and generally looking around.