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Old 09-24-2017, 09:46 AM
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eremite06, My husband joined the Navy in 65 and was sent to Vietnam to serve on the Swift Boats, brown water navy 67-69. Not what he had planned. A lot of people assume that the Navy was only offshore.
I was desperate to get off my newly commissioned DLG with all the spit & polish. The Navy was looking for Quartermasters to man PBR's in Vietnam. I volunteered but later rescinded after I heard their crews were sitting ducks. I guess I was much safer on the destroyer with two US senators' sons, Hollings and Pell.

Gee, maybe your husband served with the super"HERO" John Kerry.
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