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Aft view of the bridge of Point Welcome after the friendly fire incident of 11 August 1966. Point Welcome was about three-quarters of a mile south of the 17th parallel, in the limits of the Vietnamese Demilitarized Zone (DMZ), [20] when she was attacked in the pre-dawn hours of 11 August 1966 by three U.S. Air Force aircraft while on patrol in ...
Richard H. Patterson (November 6, 1931 – April 12, 2010) was a chief petty officer in the United States Coast Guard, decorated for saving the crew of his vessel, USCGC Point Welcome after the skipper and executive officer became casualties during a 1966 friendly fire attack, in Vietnam. [2] [3] Patterson was born in 1931 and grew up in ...
[85] [87] This incident and the 11 August 1966 friendly fire incident involving Point Welcome caused several procedures for the identification of naval vessels by U.S. Navy, U.S. Marine and U.S. Air Force aircrews to change. [70]
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The trawler was destroyed by mortar fire from Point Grey assisted by Point Welcome, USCGC Androscoggin and two U.S. Navy Patrol Craft Fast, PCF-18 and PCF-20. [25] [26] [27] On 14 July 1970, Point Grey was turned over to the Republic of Vietnam Navy as part of the Vietnamization of the war effort and recommissioned as RVNS Huỳnh Bộ (HQ-723 ...
Yankee Station (officially Point Yankee) was a fixed coordinate off the coast of Vietnam where U.S. Navy aircraft carriers and support ships operated in open waters over a nine-year period during the Vietnam War. The location was used primarily by aircraft carriers of Task Force 77 to launch strikes over North Vietnam. While the coordinate's ...
SS Green Hill Park, 1945 incident in Vancouver similar to El Estero; Cádiz Explosion, 18 August 1947, in mines and torpedoes depot, ca. 150 killed and large part of the city destroyed; Mitholz explosion, Switzerland, an underground ammunition depot partially exploded on 19 December 1947, destroying the village and killing 9. Explosives are ...
The Hanoi March [1] (known alternatively as the Hanoi Parade) was a propaganda event held on July 6, 1966, involving U.S. prisoners of war during the Vietnam War.During the march, members of the North Vietnamese Army paraded 52 American POWs through the streets of Hanoi before tens of thousands of North Vietnamese civilians.