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Photo #: NH 104913

Admiral Thomas H. Moorer, USN
,
Chief of Naval Operations, (at right)

Is shown the remains of an enemy 122mm rocket by Rear Admiral Kenneth L. Veth, Commander U.S. Naval Forces, Vietnam, circa 1 September 1968. Adm. Moorer was then on a tour of Navy combat forces in Vietnam.
During an early morning Communist attack on 7 June 1968, the rocket had exploded within thirty feet of the house occupied by RAdm. Veth.
Photographed by Lieutenant T.S. Storck, USN.

Official U.S. Navy Photograph, from the collections of the Naval Historical Center.

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Image posted 15 July 2007