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The USS Epperson served in Vietnam making a “West Pac Cruise” every year from 1962 until 1973.She worked in task forces with carriers, carried out shore bombardment, and picketed off North Korea. [3] Epperson's classification reverted to DD-719 on 30 June 1962. Epperson was stricken from the Naval Vessel Register on 30 January 1976.
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A Task Force 78 CH-53D Sea Stallion from the amphibious assault ship USS Inchon (LPH-12) lifts a Magnetic Orange Pipe (MOP) mine countermeasure device during training at Subic Bay in the Philippines. Ten ocean minesweepers (MSOs) were assigned to Task Force 78 to sweep deep-water approaches to North Vietnamese ports and inland waterways and to ...
Canoes and small boats attempting to blockade the USS Nitro as it departed for Vietnam. Crew members aboard the USS Nitro, a munitions ship loaded with armament at the Naval Weapons Station Earle at Earle, New Jersey, staged one of the most dramatic protests. Worried about the war and the unsafe conditions on board they contacted civilian ...
Pages in category "Vietnam War amphibious warfare vessels of the United States" The following 119 pages are in this category, out of 119 total. This list may not reflect recent changes .
Epperson's Medal of Honor was presented to his mother in a ceremony on Wednesday, July 4, 1945, in Tiger Stadium, Massillon, Ohio, with the Massillon High School Band and 8,500 of the people of the town where Epperson grew up. The medal was presented by Col. Norman E. True, district Marine officer of the 9th Naval District and commanding ...
The next cruise in 1959/60 was aboard the USS Essex as part of CVG-10. In November and December 1960 VA-176 was assigned to Carrier Anti-submarine Air Group 52 (CVSG-52) aboard the USS Wasp. After this short deployment VA-176 returned to CVW-10 and made three deployments to the Mediterranean Sea with the USS Shangri-La between 1961 and 1965.
McDaniel deployed on a combat tour to Vietnam as Maintenance Officer with VA-35 aboard USS Enterprise starting in November 1966. He flew 81 combat missions up to May 1967. [ 4 ] McDaniel was shot down while flying an A-6A Intruder aircraft (buno 152594) on 19 May 1967 during an Alpha strike on Văn Điển , south of Hanoi , in North Vietnam ...