Agerholm (DD 826) - Naval Cruise Book

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af. fff , - in I Jung. Gllllfllfi' Support AGERHOLM fired her guns two trips to the gun line off South Yietnznm, The first, 20 days in March and Xpril, was spent in Ill Corps in Song Nga Ray, the mouth of the Saigon River. We fired into the Rung Sat Special Zone from L1 position about one mile from the heach. The second gun line period, ll days in May, found us helping the lOlst Airhorne near Phan Thiet in southern ll Corps. Each day in the river saw us slipping up the channel in the early morning, firing for many long, hot hours through the day, and returning to sea to unrep or to a night anchorage in the hay to provide night har- assment tire. Q f ,My-ff W 'f 1,-,i, 0 f f , V VZQ Q ' Q! I f 7' ,X yf,v!g.513 , , ' , W? l ff 2 ' LL... H 5 Iwo.: At the anchorage most people found a few valuable hours to relax. including sleep ing. fishing, listening to Hanoi Hanna or Armed Forces Radio stations. or just talk- ing and watching the sun set. ,.. ,MN H 1v5W ', Hiy,w4i7,..,, . . v ,ar , ,xy gk Q 109265--

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