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"That does sound like Lt McCoy. Great photo, and great story. Thanks, Mofo! McCoy was a great guy to work for/with. Have you ever written any memoirs of that experience? I had one published in Silent Defenders some years ago. "
"Picture taken at Vinh Army Base inside hut where late End Sweep negotiations were held.
You will recognize Adm McCauley, Commodore Vecchione and Lt. McCoy at the far end of the table. That's our interpreter, Mr. Yellin out of Saigon, facing the…"
You will recognize Adm McCauley, Commodore Vecchione and Lt. McCoy at the far end of the table. That's our interpreter, Mr. Yellin out of Saigon, facing the…"
"Hi Mike, Glad you remembered the old Mofo. FYI - I'm in the middle of an Agent Orange claim and using that picture from Vinh as a basis for my claim. Hai Phong, Cam Pha and Hon Gai are all listed as AO areas...and the Tripoli is listed as having…"
"Thanks to both of you, I believe this will help "
"Ahh, the old Mofo indeed! Nice to hear from you. Since you signed my DD214, I see your name periodically.
You do, in fact, remember my role well, which also included replacing Combat Chris's Air Control lead. I'm in South Jersey. It would be…"
You do, in fact, remember my role well, which also included replacing Combat Chris's Air Control lead. I'm in South Jersey. It would be…"
"Very few of us went ashore, and it was only in North Vietnam, and only on the coast, and only twice. I'm confident in saying there was no AO exposure to the End Sweep personnel. It would help to know where your spouse was during End Sweep (what…"
"her is a site that you can get the deck logs for the USS Tripoli
https://www.archives.gov/research/military/logbooks/navy-deck-logs-..."
https://www.archives.gov/research/military/logbooks/navy-deck-logs-..."
"Keep trying I finally got the VA to conceded my Agent Orange exposure since they updated the shipslist to show that the Tripoli operated in costal waters close enough to Vietnam shore to be considered exposed to AO. Also since we were in close…"
"My spouse served in HM -12 during Operation End Sweep Is there actual proof of Agent Orange Exposure during this operation?? He suffers from several things that are AO related, the latest being Parkinson"s Disease. Just starting to figure this mess…"
"Brad,
I have a copy of "Operation End Sweep", written by Tensor Industries at the direction of the Mine Warfare Office of NavSeaSysCom. It deals almost exclusively with mine sweeping operations. Tripoli is mentioned twice, once when she took part in…"
I have a copy of "Operation End Sweep", written by Tensor Industries at the direction of the Mine Warfare Office of NavSeaSysCom. It deals almost exclusively with mine sweeping operations. Tripoli is mentioned twice, once when she took part in…"
"Brad, I don't know if they would accept this information from Wikipedia, but here's a link to a history of the Tripoli which includes two full paragraphs discussing Tripoli and End Sweep: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/USS_Tripoli_%28LPH-10%29
I was…"
I was…"
"Looking for others who were on board AUG 72 to AUG 73."
"Looking for others who may have been on board at same time (August 72 thru Aug 73)i"
My name is Brad Matthews, I was on the Tripoli from August of 72 until August of 73, I was attached to S-7 as DP Tech, but also served as Mess Decks Master at Arms and later as a Master at Arms under the Chief Master at Arms ( a very large…
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Looking for others who were on board AUG 72 to AUG 73.
Looking for others who may have been on board at same time (August 72 thru Aug 73)i