The brown water navy and Tet

[Devildoc]

Excellent article on the Navy's brown water navy in Vietnam and its response during and after Tet 1968:

Defending the Mekong Delta: Tet and the Legacy of the Brown-Water Navy

 

[Gunz]

Great article.

I took this pic in Dec 1970, on the banks of the Song Vinh Dien. But this was up in I Corps. This was the closest I ever got to the Navy. It's an SVN PBR with an American advisor aboard (white T-shirt amidships) and a mortar tube aft.

 

[AWP]

I used to work with a Gamewarden. Real, real good dude.

.: Gamewardens Association, Past and Present | Photo Gallery :.

Look for "Sid Snook" about a quarter of the way down. The entire page has some great photos.

 

[Gunz]

I used to work with a Gamewarden. Real, real good dude.

.: Gamewardens Association, Past and Present | Photo Gallery :.

Look for "Sid Snook" about a quarter of the way down. The entire page has some great photos.

Good stuff.

Seriously, they're loud and you can hear them coming upriver long before they reach your poz...and in my opinion a big fat target. The only way out of the kill zone is full throttle or a bend in the river.

Boonie hats off though, to the guys that crewed them.

 

[Deleted member 11415]

Those images and documents are pretty amazing to be able to look at. I appreciate the opportunity.