Alamo (LSD 33) - Naval Cruise Book

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THE ARGOOD HUMORMEN The LARC is coming, the LARC is coming! Now all liands not actually on watch lay to the mezzanine deck. Gently now. Keep it moving. Don ' t be rough. Move it faster. It ' s melting! ! ' SPLOTT ' . Get a swab. Flight Quarters. Flight Quarters. All hands not actually on watch muster on the superdeck. Get the ice cream first. Keep it moving. ' SPLOTT ' . Milk. Send the milk. Gently now. Don ' t throw it. GOOPS! SPLOOSH! ! Drip, drip, drip.

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r-- ■h Cua Viet The Cua Viet River is now as familiar as the Mississippi. Almost daily during our time in ARG A our boats would go into or up the river. Each time it was a new experience, for you never knew if you were going to be fired on or not. Carrying trucks, machinery, or any other supplies to the Marines was our primary mission. On one oc- casion we sent our fire party in to an explosion fire at the supply dump. It was during this action that CWO Tinley was wounded and for which he re- ceived the Purple Heart. V

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CRITICAL CARGO After the TET offensive in February the Marines were having trouble getting supplies to their men fighting in the vicinity of Hue. We solved that problem by load- ing over 350 tons of food and ammunition in Danang and then proceeding to a rendezvous point off the coast Marine helos then took the critical cargo to the in- country for ces in a series of 230 pick-ups. The smooth- ness of the operation demon- strated again our ability to Deliver - Anything - Any- ' l f time - Anywhere. i ' I-