Alan Sandoval wrote:
>
> > The LST I would be asking about is the one/kind that was used by the Swift
> Boats,
> > which was moored ("moored" -- did I just wax nautical?) off the coast when
> they
> > were doing their thing in the Camau Peninsula.
> >
> > Doug
> >
>
> I was on the USS Park County for two months somewhere off the Mekong, I
> don't know exactly where, supporting the swift boats with fuel, supplies,
> etc. We had no doctor aboard. That would have been around the middle of
> 1968 to summer 1969. We never dropped anchor, just constantly cruised at a
> slow speed. Worst two months of my duty. We ran out of all fresh food
> after one week. After a while I didn't know if we were supporting the
> swifts or if they were supporting us. They brought us mail and movies, we
> provided them with fuel, oil, etc.

Hah, hah, that's funny Alan. Well, there's one answer for Doug,
the USS Park County had no medical doctor for two months.

Did any of the officers or crew have a potted palm tree?
I sure loved those 16mm movie projectors where the film jumped
track every 100 frames or so.

I've just put the question to another Navy CWO, he's basically a
historian of Navy operations in Vietnam, and I'm thinking he's
got the answer or knows somebody that has the answer.

I was injured at Tan An, which is close to Ben Luc. But I
was taken to an Army aid station near Tan An, and then medevaced
by Army, so if there were Navy doctor's at the YRBMs at Ben Luc
or Dong Tam, well that was ruled out by what the situation was,
because I never saw a Navy doctor until I got to Yokosuka.