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Vietnam War Campaigns |
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Campaign and Dates | Campaign and Dates |
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Vietnamese Counteroffensive - Phase II
1 July 1966 to 31 May 1967 | Tet/69 Counteroffensive
23 February to 8 June 1969 |
Vietnamese Counteroffensive - Phase III
1 June 1967 to 29 January 1968 | Vietnam Summer-Fall 1969
9 June to 31 October 1969 |
Tet Counteroffensive
30 January to 1 April 1968 | Vietnam Winter-Spring 1970
1 November 1969 to 30 April 1970 |
Vietnamese Counteroffensive - Phase IV
2 April to 30 June 1968 | Sanctuary Counteroffensive
1 May to 30 June 1970 |
Vietnamese Counteroffensive - Phase V
1 July to 1 November 1968 | Vietnamese Counteroffensive - Phase VII
1 July 1970 to 30 June 1971 |
Vietnamese Counteroffensive - Phase VI
2 November 1968 to 22 February 1969 | Consolidation I
1 July to 30 September 1971 |
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271k | LCU-1617 underway from Chu Lai to Danang, South Vietnam in 1966. | Gerald Patterson ENCS USN Ret. LCU-1624 | ||
117k | LCU-1617 taking on a load of fuel from USS Genesee (AOG-8) off Tan Mai, South Vietnam in 1966. LCU-1617 was fitted with a 10,000 gallon bladder in order to take on fuel from a tanker and transfer it ashore. | Gerald Patterson ENCS USN Ret. LCU-1624 | ||
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141k | LCU-1617 takes on a load of supplies to deliver to Cua Viet., South Vietnam, circa 1968. US Navy photo from "All Hands" magazine, September 1968 |
Joe Radigan | ||
72k | LCU-1617 underway on the Perfume River in I Corp, South Vietnam, circa 1969. | Joe Criscione | ||
11k | LCU-1617 underway on the Perfume River in I Corp, South Vietnam, date circa 1969. | Joe Criscione | ||
38k | LCU-1617 underway on the Cua Viet River, South Vietnam, 1969 | Photo by Joe Criscione | ||
503k | Loading a humvee onto LCU-1617, location unknown, circa 1997. US Navy photo by PH1 Charles P. Cavanaugh, FIC PAC. |
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52k | LCU-1617 underway during amphibious exercises, date and location unknown. US Navy photo. |
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672k | LCU-1617 enters the well deck of amphibious assault ship USS Bonhomme Richard (LHD-6) during onload-offload operations off the coast of Southern California. The LCU brought aboard 80 pallets of ammunition to assist in preparing Bonhomme Richard for a scheduled deployment. US Navy photo # 061127-N-8197M-017 Pacific Ocean (Nov. 27, 2006) by MC2 Dustin Mapson. |
Navy Newsstand | ||
312k | LCU-1617 moored pierside at the Assault Craft Unit One pier at San Diego, CA., date unknown. | Gerald Patterson ENCS USN Ret. LCU-1624 | ||
145k | LCU-1630 (left) and LCU-1617 (right) lower their ramps on the beach at Naval
Amphibious Base Coronado during a training exercise, 2 October 2008. LCUs from Beach
Masters Unit (BMU) 1 and Assault Craft Unit (ACU) 1 participated in
the exercise.
US Navy photo # 081002-N-2832L-085 CORONADO (2 Oct 2008) by MC3 Mike Leporati. |
US Navy photo by Petty Officer 1st Class Bart A. Bauer.
Robert Hurst | ||
132k | LCU-1617 prepares to embark on the amphibious transport dock ship
USS New Orleans (LPD-18). The unit is embarked aboard New Orleans in support of operation Partnership of the Americas/Southern Exchange,
combined amphibious exercise designed to enhance cooperative partnerships with maritime forces from Argentina, Mexico, Peru, Brazil, Uruguay, and Colombia, 3 July 2010.
US Marine Corps photo # 100703-M-9093S-196 Pacific Ocean (July 3 2010), by Cpl Brian J. Slaght. |
Robert Hurst |
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