Carpenter (DD 825) - Naval Cruise Book

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-y , o1'. Wa The village of Son Tra with its basket boats ranged on the beach, while the villagers go about their business, un- concerned with the proximity of the Viet Cong. Dr. Lucien Wilkins, the Destroyer Division 112 Medical Offi- cer, attends to a sick child. During the MEDCAP mission, the team treated 122 people for a variety of wounds and illnesses.

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On December 20, some of its got a chance to see what things were like ashore, when the ship organized a MEDCAP CMedical Civic Actionj mission to aid the inhabitants of Son T ra, a ref- ugee village in the same area where we had delivered shore bombardment. Our party consisted .of twelve: the squadron chaplain, the division doctor, and ten men from CARPENTER . . l MEDCAP The MEDCAP team aboard a PCF Swift boat approaches the beach. Left to right: SN Tinney, the boat's skipper, SN Williams, GMG3 Jordan, Chaplain Roy, HMC Mahone. n army outpost overlooks the a.,.,,..,.. 2,-t iver on which the village of Son ra lies. Less than an hour before he picture was taken, the village had been hit by mortar fire.

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1? CHRISTMAS IN SU BIC BAY We spent Christmas in Snbic Bay, Philippines, a port that was to become familiar to us after four stops there, just as it becomes familiar to every Navy man in Westpac, for Subic is the most common upkeep port for Navy ships. On Christ- mas it never got below 85, and perhaps this was not everyone's idea of the ideal holiday, but at least it was dry land, and Subic, with its gaily painted 'jeepneys,' dusty streets, and Grande Island, has its own atmosphere and attractions. Santa RD1 Raby greeted everyone with a hearty ho-ho and a one dollar bill courtesy the ship's well fare and recreation fund.