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First we load up with Marines and equipment in Okinawa |
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A mite steep for you mate? |
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Down the 'Tween deck ramp in into the tank deck! |
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Tank deck full, main deck full. Lets go! |
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On Station, 30 April 1975, job, emergency fueling for choppers |
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Vietnamese refugees everywhere on the horizon |
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Hey, there heading for us!! |
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It was like this all day!! Soon as we unloaded a boat, we would set
on fire, cast it loose and take on another. |
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This is a Vietnamese army helo with evacuee's. |
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Take 'em out and disarm them. |
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All clear? |
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To the side with it |
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PUSH! |
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Stand clear!! |
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Peoria to Davy Jones... Over... |
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Standing by for another one. That's me in the tin hat, Ens. Smith in the
orange vest, Chief Depperman to my right. |
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By moving vehicles around we managed to save 2 out of around 15! |
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Here's a view of the stern of Abnaki given to me by Emmett Firmin |
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A picture of Peoria on the left and USS Tuscaloosa (LST (1187) taken 23
June 1999, rusting away at NISMF Pearl Harbor, Hawaii |
For a TON of ATF, ARS, and other
salvage ship pictures, don't forget the NAFTS site. |
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