Samuel B Roberts (DD 823) - Naval Cruise Book

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i ? 5 9 Q sa ln more days of gunfire support along trie South Vietnamese Coast and the Saigon Qiver area, we fired over 700 rounds ot ammunition against Viet Cong targets. SB. QOBEQTS again left many marks of damage and destruction on the enemy. ' N

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Hack an the lim again. . . Our week of resT behind us, we reiurned briefly To Subic Boy for fuel ond Then weni book To work in The Sourh Chino Seo. Our duties were much The some os before. These included novoi gunfire supporr, onii-submarine screening, rescue desiroyer work, iifeguording during re- plenishmenrs ond surveiiionce of ship- ping. We oiso speni one ofrernoon sifring Through refuse in The worer. A.Awuuf.L .,, K .,. ,F may N, ' 4 . - ' i i A , A 5 2 It 4-1, ,,- wx-iii ,N Mn, ii 5 N.,,s ., K .ix .s is f Q ' Q K, 'y -I gf f E Mi . L? ' i' i '- .f 1 f,. sm' j my gf I if .. , M ' ' K. -1. A

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X-I lvl I fy' ,Q-.x J 1 L ,J yu Czfrlkifl Qulf The ionifin Jo wiTh The nuclear-powered guided missile ,N 1 A 1 Chr Tinol Three wee-lcs on The line ended vviTh o Trip inTo lol Fil gofe, USS l3f4XllNlBl?lDGlf. Our mission here involved seorch nd rescue operoTions Tor The recovery ol downed ovioTors 'uno fniQnT he Torced To diTch Their oircroTT in The Gulf. We will :T ToroeT o Teva mornenTs of Teor when Three high-speed poTrol :ods suddenly oppeored on The horizon ond hegon closing Us rC:idly. -'ie were oT generol qoorTers sToTions in o moTTer of eccnds. Severol ogonizing rninUTes elopsed before The bo0Ts ere fdenfihed cs Triendly ond onoTher experience in our E ?eTnonn deploy'nenT corne To 0 close. 3 3, I