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Naval Communications Station, Cam Ranh Bay, Vietnam
A brief history of the U.S. Naval Communications Station that was located at Cam Ranh Bay, Vietnam during the Vietnam war.
http://geocities.com/NapaValley/9856/crbnarr.html

1970 Boot Camp Company 169, RTC Orlando FL, Online Reunion
Photos from the 1970 Boot Camp Company 169 at Naval Training Center, Recruit Training Command, Orlando, Florida. An online 30-year reunion. Despite the war protest of 1970, these young men joined the Navy and many ended up in the Tonkin Gulf Yacht Club in the last years of the Vietnam War.
http://company169.tripod.com/

USS Arlington (AGMR-2) Home Page
Home page of the USS Arlington (AGMR-2). This site contains photos, input from the former crews and other items related to the ship.
http://members.tripod.com/trp180/agmr-2.htm

Navy Hospital Corpsman
About the Chelsea Naval Hospital, from Rach Soi, Rach Gia, An Thoi and Saigon, Vietnam during 1967-1970. PBR sailors, Bill Lupetti, Charles Burgess, Vince Scandoli, Gary Weiss and assorted former River Rats and River Patrol Boats.
http://www.pouch.com/users/blupetti/

United States Naval Mobile Construction Battalion 133 Veteran's Organization
The Vietnam Era MCB 133 Vietnam Veterans: 1967 Da Nang, Vietnam, 1968 Phu Bai, Vietnam, 1969-70 Gia Le, Vietnam.
http://www.mcb133.org/vietnamera.html

Homepage of PTF-Nasty Class Boats
In Vietnam they operated out of DaNang crewed by the South Vietnamese Navy and carried 12 man Vietnamese Army SEAL Teams.
http://www.ptfnasty.com/

David Hurley's Vietnam Veteran Page
Summary of David Hurley's experience as a Vietnam Veteran on the USS Mullinnix (DD-944)in 1972 Vietnam.
http://home.earthlink.net/~wdhurley/vet.html

Swift Boat Homepage
Dedicated to the U.S. Navy and Coast Guard members of Operation Market Time (Task Force 115) who patrolled the coastal waters of South Vietnam from 1965 to 1970. The primary vessels used within 10 miles of the coast were U.S. Navy PCFs (Patrol Craft Fast) or Swift Boats, U.S. Coast Guard WPBs (Cutters) and U.S. Navy MSCs (Mine Sweeper Coastal).
http://members.aol.com/SwiftBoat/

The Chain Locker
This section is dedicated to the officers and men of the United States Navy, United States Coast Guard, Mobile Riverine Forces, Navy Seals, and any other of our seafaring brothers not mentioned here who served during the Vietnam War.
http://www.vietvet.org/chain.htm

Harbor Clearance Unit One(Index)
1966 through 1971 HCU-1 Command Histories and roster information.
http://hometown.aol.com/JackRogue/hcu1.html

Roster of Ships Involved in the Tonkin Gulf
The Blue Water Navy. The Tonkin Gulf Yacht Club.
http://www.geocities.com/Athens/Ithaca/1397/tgyc.html

USMC Combined Action Platoon (Vietnam, 1965-1971)
The USMC Combined Action Platoons (CAC/CAP), Vietnam War, 1965-1971.
http://capmarine.com/

United States Navy Battle Streamers: Vietnam Service
Vietnam Service 1962-1973. From the time that United States' assistance to the Republic of South Vietnam was confined to an advisory status through the period of major combat actions, the varied and extensive roles of the U.S. Navy were crucial to the overall military effort in Southeast Asia.
http://www.history.navy.mil/faqs/stream/faq45-25.htm

Vietnam Combat Art
This sketch by combat artist Jim Pollock is one of many which he made while in the field in Vietnam. Plus other sketches and a good list of related links.
http://members.aol.com/jimm844224/vietart1.html

The Royal Australian Navy in the Vietnam War
Vietnam Veterans' Association of Australia, including information about Australia's involvement in the Vietnam War, as well as a range of current issues relating to Australian Vietnam Veterans.
http://www.vvaa.org.au/ran.htm

Reed's Viet Nam Page
This page is dedicated to all the members of the Joint SAR Centers that served throughout Southeast Asia.
http://members.aol.com/RReed10910/rescue.html

The Tribute Starts Here
A photographic tribute from a twenty-year Navy Veteran to his Brothers and Sisters in Arms of the Vietnam War. Three pages of photos and information on Hanoi Jane.
http://www.angelfire.com/sk/Survivor/index.html

Hospital Ship USS Sanctuary (AH-17)
With the advent of Vietnam, the ship's mission was of a fully equipped hospital carrying medical facilities close to the combat area.
http://hometown.aol.com/Faessler98/jafah17.html

Brenda's Home Page
Maintained by a former Sea Bee and his wife. This site has some great graphics and links.
http://hometown.aol.com/messerball/index.html

The Mayaguez Incident
This page honors the 18 servicemen who never came home from the last war in Vietnam.
http://members.tripod.com/~GranzowMissingLinks/POW_MIA.html

The Navy in Vietnam
A Navy publication printed in 1968 to give a brief overview of the various Naval activities in the Vietnam War.
http://www.bcres.com/benewah/navymenu.htm

Corpsman Up! U. S. Navy Hospital Corps
Offering historical information about Navy Hospital Corpsmen and Hospital Corpsman related sites. Some unique stories about Vietnam and military history.
http://www.kcatech.com/corpsman/index.htm

Navy SEALs In Vietnam The True Story
A full length documentary about SEAL operations in Vietnam.
http://www.navysealteams.com/vietnam.htm

U.S. Merchant Marine in the Vietnam War
Including the role and casualties suffered by merchant and Military Sea Transportation Service seamen.
http://www.usmm.org/vietnam.html

Royal New Zealand Navy in Vietnem
Involvement in the Vietnam conflict for the Royal New Zealand Navy was limited to provision of personnel for the Joint Services Medical Team, between 1967 and 1972.
http://www.navy.mil.nz/rnzn/article.cfm?Article_ID=24

USS Rowan (DD-782), Battle of Haiphong Harbor, 27 Aug 72
A personal account by a destroyer sailor of action in the Gulf of Tonkin.
http://tin-can.org/Battles/DD_782/dd_782.htm

Mike's Navy Page
Photos from my service with the United States Navy during the Vietnam War, reunion information and history of the ARL-23, LST- 603 and the LST- 1073.
http://www.gatorsailor.com/

A Tonkin Gulf Yachtsman
An interesting Website outlining the service of an individual in the US Navy during the Vietnam Conflict.
http://www.cas.umt.edu/htw/donnelly/Yachtsman.htm

U.S. Navy K-9 Units
Cam Rahn Bay, RVN.
http://www.geocities.com/usnavy_vietnam_doghandlers/

Vietnam: A Season of War
Chronicles the final mission of the USS Taylor (DD 468) on her last cruise to Vietnam. An online story in text and pictures.
http://imageScape.tripod.com/GOWP.html

Onboard the U.S.S. Bausell DD-845 During the Vietnam War
Some of Rick Broadhead's personal experience in the service and what he does today.
http://members.aol.com/rjb99/index.html/vietnam.htm

Mobile Support Team 2, Det Golf, Vietnam
MST-2 supported US Navy SEALs and LDNNs operating throughout the Mekong Delta. Documents their service, with a focus on MST-2 Det Golf, Long Phu, 1970-71.
http://www.mst2-vietnam.info/

Danang Vietnam 1967 Naval Support
A photo collection of the Swift Boat repair facility at Danang Vietnam and the Danang area.
http://members.lightstream.net/~roger/VIETNAM.html

Patrol Craft Fast
A Tour on Board a Swift Boat, Vietnam in the Year 1967.
http://www.pcf45.com

CBMU 301 Navy Seabees Vietnam
In Vietnam I Corps tactical Zone. History, maps, pictures, newsclips, site by Art Moore (BU2, Dong Ha, Quang Tri, Cua Viet) artmoore@email.com.
http://www.geocities.com/cbmu301

AJdoc's FMF Corpsman page
A Navy Corpsman's experience with the Marines in the Vietnam War era.
http://webpages.charter.net/ajdoc

MCB 11
Naval Mobile Construction Battalion Eleven Association. Membership lists, history, pictures, reunions, and miscellaneous information.
http://www.mcb11.com

Vietnam Unit Memorial Monument
A proposed U.S. Navy/U.S. Coast Guard Vietnam Unit Memorial Monument that will be located on the Council International Sport Military Field on the US Naval Amphibious Base, Coronado, CA.
http://www.vummf.org/

USS Phoebe, MSC 199
Veterans of the USS Phoebe minesweeper. Includes a history of the Phoebe, photographs, crew reminiscences, sea stores and humour. Plus crew email addresses and lost and found crew members.
http://www.ussphoebe.com/

Navy Corpsmen - NSA Hospital Danang RVN
HM3 Doc Rockett's website for Navy Corpsmen and Marines. Serving at III MAF's NSA Combat Hospital at Marble Mountain, Danang Vietnam 67-68. Lots of pictures, etc.
http://www.navycorpsmen.com