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i i A On the mark the target will bear . . . Standby ' Two guns, Two salvoes 27 FEBRUARY - BORDELON provided counter-battery fire in support of USS CANBERRA QCAG 21 knocking out one hostile battery. 3 MARCH - BORDELON laid an effective smoke screen for the USS CLEVELAND QLPD 173 when she began to receive hostile fire at anchor off Cua Viet. 4 MARCH - 8 MARCH - COMDESRON 15 came aboard with staff as Commander Task Unit '70.8.9, in charge of all Gun Line cruisers and destroyers. S
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GUNFIRE SUPPORT DMZ - I CORPS - CUA VIET - CAP LAY: familiar names all, recall the 12 days spent conductingl gunfire support for the Third Marine Division just sout of the Demilitarized Zone. Ranlging up and down a ten-mile stretch of coastline, BOR ELON brought her five inch battery into missions as varied as supporting platoon level operations around the Cua Viet beachhead and knockin out enemy artillery positions on Cap Lay. With almost tie entire crew split into two sections, the ship was ready to and often id fire twenty-four hours a day. It did not take long! to learn to sleep soundly with the gtms booming over ead. Didn't it seem like we rear-med every ni ht at 0200? Didn't it seem like projectiles were carried gom the after magazine to the forward magazine one day and back again the next? These events became routine and almost insignificant compared with the magnitude of the job to be done. More minor events served to highlight the days - a Coast Guard boat coming alongside for ice creamg mail call. A 'HZ N . 1 , E is s f X 5 ii' f w T gg i ? Qi 1 f t f ? , ?- za f gi , SN Aycock and SK2 Calimag stand by in Mount 51 handling room. Taking on bullets at the midships station
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