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"Walt McCoy, Did you know Dale F. Glawatz and Fred B. Mooers? I went to EM "A" School with them before we all got orders in-country Vietnam. I was assigned to the YFUs 7, 61, & 57. I was on a YFU in the AFDL-23 alongside the YR-70 a time or two. …"
"I served aboard Coral Sea CV-43 from Dec 75 to Sept 76. She was in Long Beach Naval Shipyard for six months, then went back to Naval Air Station Alameda in May 76. I was an EM1 in "E" Div. and worked in the Distribution Gang for EMC Cooper."
"Scrapping the Coral Sea was the costliest venture the US Navy had ever undertaken to scrap a Navy vessel up to that time and if I'm not mistaken, it took seven years to cut her up. There are four or five carriers currently being scrapped in Texas. …"
"Hi Guys, I was assigned to NSA DaNang, Literage Div, Apr 66-Apr 67. I was an EMFN on YFUs 7, 61 and 57. (Junior man kept changing boats.) We transported cargo from Merchant ships in DaNang Harbor to Tien Sha Sand Ramp, Deep Water Piers and Red…"
"I arrived in Saigon, RVN in November, 69 and reported to MACV, was outfitted and assigned to NAVADVGRP and sent to the Navy BEQ, the Annapolis Hotel. I reported-in and started the check-in procedure. Two or three days later I was assigned to…"
"Hi, I was stationed aboard the USS Columbus CG-12 from May 67 - Jul 69. I went aboard as EMFN and left EM2. I was in "E" Div. I worked in the Distribution Gang, Battery Locker and Power Gang. While aboard we made two Med Cruises and a Naval…"
"I looked up the YFUs 7,61 and 57 looking for information on them and on one of the websites I found a picture of the YFU-7 sitting high and dry on the bank/beach somewhere and it looked like it had been mined or hit somehow and burned by fire."
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Hello.........I was assigned to the Naval Advisory Group in Saigon April 64 through April 65. NAG became COMNAVFORV when things started to escalate. I was assigned to the logistics department where we provided support to our bases located throughout S. VN.