tribute to ironclad sailors

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A Tribute to Ironclad Sailors of the Brown Water Navy

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All Gave Some Some Gave All

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Ironclad Sailors of Viet Nam

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Many Joint Task Force Operations Started from Dong Tam Harbor in the Mekong Delta 2nd Brigade 9th Infantry Division and US Navy River Assault Squadrons 9, 11, 13 & 15 Task Force 117 - The Mobile Riverine Force (MRF)

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MRF Operations Center aboard the USS Benewah

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Navy “Tango” Boats Carried the 2nd Brigade of the 9th Infantry Division Throughout the Mekong Delta

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We Saw Mud, Mud, and More Mud…

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Ironclads of the Brown Water Navy Mobile Riverine Force

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Friends and Foe Used the Many Waterways…

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The Waterways Were the “Roads” in the Delta…

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Some Base Camps and Outposts in the Delta…

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Boats and Troops Moved Out and Into Operating Positions…

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“Charlie” Waited and Fire Fights Began…

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Battles Raged …

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The Fighting Continued …

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We Fought Hard…

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Help Was Near and So Was “Dust Off”…

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Enemy Rockets and Mines Caused Havoc …

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Vietnam Unit Memorial Monument www.vummf.org www.mrfa.org www.tf116.org www.swiftboats.org