Lynde McCormick (DDG 8) - Naval Cruise Book

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The S ev e r al successful days of shore bombard- ment that we had made the whole cruise seem much more meaningful as Shoot- ing by day andrepairing casualties at night brought out a magnificent degree of cooperation and teamwork, A BLISTERED BARREL ON MT 51 MARKS A SUCCESS FUL DAY AH MUSIC TO MY EARSV NOT ANOTHER CASUALTYVY 9 WAITING FOR THE NEXT TARGET

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ALL EYES WATCH THE BEACH GU FIRE UPPORT LYNDE MC CORMICK fires her first shots ever at an actual enemy as We begin our gunfire support mission. GOOD HEAVE, BOATS! A X f 9 , f I V V - ty! f Q V Our first mission in WESTPAC was to provide gunfire support for American and ,South Vietnamese forces in the IV Corps of South Vietnam. The conditions forced us to operate in extremely shal- low water at maximum gun range so that we literally had to pick our way in so we could get as close to the beach as possible. .ra 'wi ,- A VISIT FROM A COAST GUARD PATROL CRAFT .L ,Ji-Q2

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E NTE RT AINMENT AL ONGSIDE THE APPROACH TO UNREP DECK ACTIVITY ON THE OILER REP Our gas stationfat sea was a six inch hose, our shopping basket was apallet of stores, and our delivery boy was a helicopter as we spent many days at sea. UNREPS from an oiler and re- plenishments from reefer andstores ships every several days with an occas- ional VERTREP required the teamwork and effort of all hands. RECEIVING STORES AFT li A VIEW FROM THE BRIDGE ',,..,......,,,, . llPlllllr f