During the Vietnam Conflict , the United States used a variety of different river gunboats in their " Brown Water Navy" - So here they are, the vessels of the Brown Water Navy.
Interesting, I knew there were a variety of them but didn't know there were that many.... I'm most familiar with the PBR Apocalypse Now style because that's the one the movies have used the most.. Sound track is good to JD
I’m sure I told you before but one of my dear friends who was a river rat would go into a meltdown after drinking. I would have to hold him after he would go into a total meltdown and sometimes wrestling him to the ground. He would cry about being covered in his friend’s guts from a shore gun. After he would come back we would toast the boys that didn’t come back.
I had a cousin join the Navy when his number came up. He was hoping for a job on an aircraft carrier but landed on a river gunboat. He made it through without incident and after the war he joined the Air Guard as a supply Sgt. to get the retirement.
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Interesting, I knew there were a variety of them but didn't know there were that many.... I'm most familiar with the PBR Apocalypse Now style because that's the one the movies have used the most..
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I’m sure I told you before but one of my dear friends who was a river rat would go into a meltdown after drinking. I would have to hold him after he would go into a total meltdown and sometimes wrestling him to the ground. He would cry about being covered in his friend’s guts from a shore gun. After he would come back we would toast the boys that didn’t come back.
ReplyDeleteI had a cousin join the Navy when his number came up. He was hoping for a job on an aircraft carrier but landed on a river gunboat. He made it through without incident and after the war he joined the Air Guard as a supply Sgt. to get the retirement.
ReplyDeleteSorry, meant CPO Greg
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