US Navy - HullNumber.com VIETNAM Special Edition Newsletter

50 YEARS AGO - The Big Build Up in Vietnam

Thru the Spring and Summer of 1965 US troops in Vietnam rose from approx. 25,000 to 183.000.  The US Navy began stationing two carriers at Yankee Station and one at Dixie Station.  Interdiction of costal shipping started along with construction of Naval Facilites by the SeaBees.

----- ALL HANDS Magazine -  Vietnam: On Scene Reports - MAR 1966 : 

http://www.hullnumber.com/ALL-HANDS/vietnam-on-the-scene-reports

-----109 Vietnam ALL HANDS Articles are posted at:

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-----Never forget our fellow Veterans sacrifices.

With the youngest Vietnam Veterans now turning 60, I thank them all for their service to our country and for their contributions since.

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