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Photo #: NH 105397 (extended caption)

Vietnam War Riverine Operations

"Plunging into the marsh grass of the swampy Mekong Delta, Army infantrymen debark from a Navy armored troop carrier (ATC) to sweep the surrounding countryside for Viet Cong. The ATCs, supported by monitor gunboats and assault support patrol boats (ASPBs) move the infantrymen through the otherwise inaccessible maze of canals and streams that interlace the delta, landing them in previously selected sites and providing close gunfire and logistic support. The boats are units of River Assault Flotilla One, the Navy component of the joint Army-Navy Mobile Riverine Force (MRF) which operates in the delta." (quoted from the original caption released with this photograph on 6 June 1968 by Commander River Assault Flotilla One).
Photographed by PH2 Pasco J. Izzo, USN.
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Official U.S. Navy Photograph, from the collections of the Naval Historical Center.

Online Image size: 99KB; 740 x 615 pixels

 

The following identification on this photograph was provided by Tim Doty (via Robert Tippins of "Seaweed Ships Histories") in February 2008:


Photo shows a "Tango Boat" beaching in the Mekong Delta, disembarking troops of Company A, 3rd/60th Infantry Battalion, 9th Infantry Division.

Man fully visible at right, with M-16 rifle held upright in his left hand, is Bob Cortea (or Cortie). Behind him, with rifle in right hand, is Tim Doty. Immediately behind Doty (and partially covered by the front of Doty's rifle) is Raymond Colfax.

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Image posted 3 February 2008
Extended caption posted 19 March 2008