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INTRODUCTION a ship. . . a crew ... a mission Couth Vietnam was not expected to survive for long after the Geneva Agreements which ended the bloody French Indo-China war. In- filtration from North Vietnam, terrorism, op- pressive regimes, plots and counterplots and countless coup d ' etats have been part of the everyday life of the South Vietnamese. Daily bombings in Saigon and other major cities are a common occurrence and it used to be consid- ered Quite normal to wake up in the morning only to find that a new regime had taken power during the night. This small nation has always seemed to be on the brink of complete political collapse and ultimate defeat at the hands of an army of terrorists called the Viet Cong. Surprisingly enough, however, the setbacks and imminent disasters have never led them com- pletely over the brink of total collapse. One reason for this is a story which still remains to be fully told--the story of South Vietnam ' s courage and determination to win the basic right to effect their oivn dest iny- - inspi te of heavy odds against them. 1954. But only since February of 1965, when the U.S. took the offensive by striking against North Vietnam, has our country been totally committed to the cause of freedom in South East Asia. When that happened, the concept of using limited and skillfully directed force to con- tain Communism and to pressure an aggressive nation into ceasing hostilites became national policy. To perform such a difficult task, the U.S. now has a number of aircraft carriers in the South China Sea at all times, patrolling these troubled waters and carrying out U.S. policy of limited, effective warfare until such time when infiltration into South Vietnam ceases. These ships and their crews--along with the land and air forces of South Vietnam-- have become the symbols of American courage and determination to bear the heavy weight of resjjonsible leadership. The major reason why South Vietnam as a nation still stands today, however, is because of U.S. military and economic assist- ance. To say that the morale of their fighting forces and the success of their mission to win a lasting peace has depended on U.S. aid is neither an understatement nor is it condescen- ding. The South Vietnamese lived for genera- tions in the hollow shell of a crumbling, political empire; and when that shell burst they were ' left with no durable political con- sciousness and virtually no industrial founda- tion. In short, they were left with nothing save a thin veneer of culture. Lacking the tools of industry and the precious time to build a stable political life, no nation- -even one with the strongest will to survive--can possibly hope to win against the odds of a Communist backed army. C ensing the danger of another possible Communist foothold in Asia, the U.S. has provided assistance to South Vietnam since A hat one ship and her crew- -the USS Coral Sea- - accompl ished in South East Asia during this year of crisis is detailed here in CASHIER WEST. It is the script by which men of this carrier performed their everyday as- signments. A hether each man aboard Coral Sea was able to look beyond his own limited role and fully understand all the subtleties and impli- cations of what his ship was doing in South East Asia is not really important. What is important is that, in this age of cynicism and vacci 11a t ion, a ship and her crew were allowed to steer a straight course of action, forming a solid bridge between a nation which knows the joys of freedom and those lands still fighting for or in danger of losing theirs. It was a course of action performed with dedi- cation and skill and one which will be talked about and read about for a long time. Men laaersed In the hot steaa of a carrier ' s catapoll and a ship ' s own way of honoring her dead--two of the dissinilar sights on the Coral Sea during her long, hot cruise in the South China Sea.
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