Colby Shoemake posing with a linked belt of
.50 caliber ammunition. Probably aboard CGC Point Dume (WPB 82325) |
Probably Lt. Scott Rich, USCG, Commanding officer,on
skis. Foreground unknown. CGC Point Dume (WPB 82325) |
Probably Lt. Scott Rich, USCG, Commanding officer,on
skis. Foreground unknown. CGC Point Dume (WPB 82325)
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Probably Lt. Scott Rich, USCG, Commanding officer,
on skis. Foreground unknown. CGC Point Dume (WPB 82325)
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Probably Lt. Scott Rich, USCG, Commanding officer,
on skis. CGC Point Dume (WPB 82325) |
 Unknown
swimmer
CGC Point Dume (WPB 82325)
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Doesn't take much to amuse a Coastie - Bolo Bouncer and a good cigar. Second
from left EN2 Keith Norton. Remainder unknown. CGC
Point Dume (WPB 82325)
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Then add a P-250 to the Bolo Bouncer.
CGC Point Dume (WPB 82325)
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People unknown. Appears they are attempting to clear a jammed block on the
boat boom.
CGC Point Dume (WPB 82325)
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Heave-ho!
CGC Point Dume (WPB 82325)
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Point Dume Logo |
Unidentified people and WPB alongside LST. Good
view of starboard after .50 caliber mount. Da Nang. |
Unidentified people on bridge of WPB.
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Bar-B-Que and Bombs. Crew of unidentified WPB having a cookout.
The cooker is next to a rack of .50 caliber ammunition. Not in sky aft of
WPB; a low flying F4 is on a bombing run.
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Unidentified crewman (L) and EN2 Keith Norton
(R). CGC Point Dume (WPB 82325) |
81mm Mortar/.50 caliber "piggyback" Unidentified
WPB alongside LST. Da Nang. |
Right view of same mount. Unidentified WPB alongside LST.
Da Nang. |
Left view of same mount. Unidentified
WPB alongside LST. Da Nang. |
Unidentified people and WPB alongside LST. Da
Nang |
There is always talk. Crewmen of unidentified
WPB compare notes. Da Nang. |
Amidships, portside .50 caliber of an unidentified
WPB.
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Sea Bees. Honey bees came aboard and began building a hive on the forward
gunmount cover. Unidentified WPB. |
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Target practice. Unidentified
WPB crewman in what was common battle dress. |
.50 caliber mount, port side aft CGCPoint
Dume (WPB 82325) . |
Boston Whaler from an unidentified WPB underway to inspect a sampan. Notice
the beautiful I Corps beach.
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Another view of small boat underway. |
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.50 Caliber laundry. Unidentified WPB crewman
does his laundry in an unusual bucket. |
Home Sweet Home.
Newly redecorated mess deck of unidentified WPB. Da Nang. |
At times prisoners were taken. 4 detainees being
guarded on an unidentified WPB. |
No one could resist a sunset such as this |
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Nor this one ships at anchor at Da Nang. |
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CGC Point Gammon (WPB 82328) aft of USS
Sumner County (LST 1148). Da Nang. Sumner County provided support
for Market Time vessels and was the first headquarters of Coast Guard Division
12. |
USS Sumner County opposite of pier at
VNN Navy Base. In foreground (L) VNN Van Don (06), former USS Anacortes
(PC 1569). (R) VNN 110 former U. S. PGM |
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An artistic shot of an unidentified WPB alongside USS Sumner
County (LST 1148) at dusk
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A welcome Christmas present. YR-71 arrives at Da Nang
Dec. 25, 1965. It will replace USS Sumner County (LST 1148) and service
the remainder of the war as the repair facility for Operation Market Time
at Da Nang.
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(L-R) YNC (unknown), CS1 Augie Soto, GM2 Colby Shoemake, SK3 (unknown) receive
the Navy Unit Commendation Ribbon for Vietnam Service during an inspection
at Base Galveston, Texas. |
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Street vendor. |
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| Some Other naval vessels
in Service. |
USN PCF on harbor patrol, Da Nang. |
(L - R) Unidentified LST, USS Hope, unidentified AK,
USS Whetsone (LSD 27) |
USS Topeka (CLG -8) at Da Nang.
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USS Carronade (LFR-1) at Da Nang. |
USS St. Francis River (LFR 525) at Da
Nang. |
USS Princeton (LPH-5)
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Unidentified WPB in-between sampan and freighter.
Da Nang. |
Supply ships anchored in Da Nang harbor. |
| Aircraft of the period.
Da Nang Air Base. |
Marine Corps helicopters |
U. S. Air Force fighters. |
U. S. Air Force Communications Service. Tail
No. 95960. Note broken "Goat" behind. |
The work horse of Vietnam. This KC-130F (QD 804) was part
of the U. S. Marine Corps' VMGR-152. It was Colby Shoemake's"freedom
bird" to Okinawa. |
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