US Navy Coastal Division 13, Vietnam, Dog Tags, Solid Anchor Tran Hung Dao IV
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| Reference Number: Avaluer:130641 | Country/Region of Manufacture: Unknown |
Cool named Navy lot from a sailor in the Vietnam War.
Consists of:a great plaque piece from The Coastal Division 13 (Swift Boats) -from Task Force (TF) 115, Japanese made “solid anchor” patch, Tran Hung Dao IV- old Nam CanUSN Dog Tags to Harold L WrightAnd a Hong Kong Blood Transfusion record issued by the Hong King Red Cross. Named again to Harold L Wright and lifts his ship as the USS Edson.
USS Edson (DD-946) is a Forrest Sherman-class destroyer, formerly of the Unite...d States Navy, built by Bath Iron Works in Maine in 1958. Her home port was Long Beach, California and she initially served in the Western Pacific/Far East, operating particularly in the Taiwan Strait and off the coast of Vietnam. Her exceptionally meritorious service in 1964 in the Gulf of Tonkin was recognized with the first of three Navy Unit Commendations. During the following years she was shelled by North Vietnamese land forces, and apparently received friendly fire from the US Air Force.Following an onboard fire in 1974, Edson returned to the West Pacific and was later commended for her roles in the evacuation of Phnom Penh and Saigon.
Consists of:a great plaque piece from The Coastal Division 13 (Swift Boats) -from Task Force (TF) 115, Japanese made “solid anchor” patch, Tran Hung Dao IV- old Nam CanUSN Dog Tags to Harold L WrightAnd a Hong Kong Blood Transfusion record issued by the Hong King Red Cross. Named again to Harold L Wright and lifts his ship as the USS Edson.
USS Edson (DD-946) is a Forrest Sherman-class destroyer, formerly of the Unite...d States Navy, built by Bath Iron Works in Maine in 1958. Her home port was Long Beach, California and she initially served in the Western Pacific/Far East, operating particularly in the Taiwan Strait and off the coast of Vietnam. Her exceptionally meritorious service in 1964 in the Gulf of Tonkin was recognized with the first of three Navy Unit Commendations. During the following years she was shelled by North Vietnamese land forces, and apparently received friendly fire from the US Air Force.Following an onboard fire in 1974, Edson returned to the West Pacific and was later commended for her roles in the evacuation of Phnom Penh and Saigon.
