Jenkins (DD 447) - Naval Cruise Book

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A little more variety marked our April operations as compared to February ' s in the South China Sea. We plane-guarded, patrolled, and went on a counter-infiltration search that brought us to within shouting distance of literally hundreds of junks. Shipboard routine was still virtually unchanged.

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Scheduled to leave Taiwan behind on 1 April, we still had visions as late as March 30 of the next port Hong Kong; but it was not to be We were to go back to the South China Sea and for the next 33 days, do our share toward furthering the policies of the U.S. Government in aiding the South Vietnamese in their war against oppression.

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As the days went by the JENKINS did noi seem to suffer from any lack of humor. One day a new publication mysteriously appeared aboard ship, it seemed to kid the famous Yorkto.vn crier a bit. •• -•» f d JENKINS ' SCREAMER ■ -. .Wl .... vric T v , 1 USS JEMi(I 5 rnn-447) % ' .TIV ' : T«»TL 10«5 JENKINS received an informal well done on this scoop by the Chief of Staff of COMASWGRL ' THREE