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Our assignment:
3½ weeks as station ship in this exotic British Colony on the edge of the
Bamboo Curtain. Our duties: Provide administrative assistance to other
American ships visiting Hong Kong. This included arrival briefings,
communications relay, shore patrol duties, and logistics support. |
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Andy preparing to
relieve USS Newell in Hong Kong
to fulfill her duties as station ship. |
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Hong Kong matchbook
cover |
Liberty in
Hong Kong (left to right) Jack Pinnell, Michael Stephens, Bruce Haught,
Bruce Thompson, Richard Sullivan, and Charles Rayburn. |
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Mary Soo's painting crew |
Departing Hong Kong
after being relieved by the Navy. |
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Hong Kong Harbor |
SA
Robertshaw having one of Mary
Soo's cokes on board |
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Repelling boarders. |
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YOKUSUKA, JAPAN |
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The northern
climate of Japan was a far cry from tropical Viet-Nam. Tokyo Bay was, in a
word, cold. We were soon dry docked in one of the old imperial Japanese
Navy graving docks at the US Naval Ship Repair Facility Yokusuka, for a
busy upkeep period. |
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Lookouts
Frank
Bowman and Stan Heifner during Yokusuka Special Sea
Detail. |
Shipyard,
Yokusuka, Japan |
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Water
emptying out of graving dock. |
Waiting
in the beauty shop. |
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Replacing our burned out gun barrel. |
LT Tom
Vento back from shopping with ENS Mike Guritz watching the unloading. |
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The
Ginza, Tokyo's answer to our Broadway, glitters in the night. |
The
bridge leading to the Emperor's Palace, standing as it has for centuries
in its tranquil surroundings. |
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The
Great Buddha at Kamakura attracts Japanese and Americans tourists. Here
kimona clad women and uniformed school children make a day of sightseeing.
In the distance Mount Fuji rises 12,000 feet above the countryside in an
almost perfect volcanic cone. |
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Tokyo
Tower, tallest structure of its kind, towers above the city. |
A formal Japanese
archery tournamnet. |
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PHU QUOC
ISLAND, VIET-NAM |
Anchoring for
some R&R. Anchor is tending up and down. |
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An Thoi, on Phu
Quoc Island in Viet-Nam is located along the Gulf of Siam near the
Cambodia, provided an afternoon of swimming in the clear warm 90 degree
water and a chance to see a USO show. The afternoon's fun over, we went
back to the Andy's anchorage in the harbor in a Navy landing craft. Soon
we were back on our patrol routine |
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L to R: DC2
Larry Garner (first on left), Jerry Fitts, Bruce Thompson, Dave Blackketer,
Dallas Swindle, and BT2 William Bishop on right. |
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Taxi Service |
L to R: Dana Lewis, BT3
Dennis Greenawald, CS2 Charles Conner, and ET2 Richard Felter |
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Miss Tall USA |
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LTJG Lloyd George
enjoying the USO show. |
Miss Tall USA |
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Andy at anchor enjoying
her R & R. |
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Fun's over, and it's
back to work!
Some of the people in the launch are: EM2 Mike Sexton, BT2 Bill
Bishop, DC2 Larry Garner, SA Bobby Hanner, MM3 Bruce Mann, SA Bruce
Thompson, YN1 Jim Bunch, SA Wayne Haught, FT2 Byge Miller, SN Billy Del
Valle, SO1 L. Searcy, MMC L.C. Brinkerhoff, TN C.P. Baquiran, RMCM John
Cunniff, SN Stephen Browne, SA Richard Smith, BM1 Jack Williams, ET2 Larry
Swift, SO3 Jim Price, RD3 Clark Chadburn, MM3 Paul Sanders, CS2 Chuck
Conner, and QM3 Dana
Lewis. |
Phu Quoc International
Airport |
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SINGAPORE |
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| Relaxing in
Singapore (left to right) David Watters, two sailors from a British missile
cruiser, Tony Mesics, and Bruce Haught |
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SUBIC BAY, PHILLIPINES |
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The infamous Olongapo Jeepney.
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BANGKOK,
THAILAND |
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Front Row (left to right): Rickey
Poppel,
Dana Lewis, and Jack Pinnell
Back Row (left to right): Bruce Haught,
Tony Mesics, Bruce Thompson (aka
Igor) |
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At ancor in Bankok. A young lady selling
Pepsi and fruit. |
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HONOLULU, HAWAII |
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CGC Duane and ? |
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NO PLACE
LIKE HOME |
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Our
deployment comes full circle. Andy arrives at Miami Beach, Florida, where she
started. |
Phauls King as escort in the 1969 Miss
America pageant. Phauls was selected as an escort because of his service
aboard the "Andy" in the Vietnam War. |
