SWIFTS boats

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Digital Object Identifier: 363-02622
Title: SWIFTS boats
Description: Original caption: "SWIFTS boats try-out their sea legs upon arrival in Vietnam. Six SWIFTs arrived on Christmas Eve to join two others in Operation Market Time patrols off Phu Quoc Island in the Gulf of Thailand. Manned by U.S. Navy crews, these boats will patrol in conjunction with other Market Time unit to prevent infiltrations of men, arms and equipment by the Viet Cong." A line of five boats in open water. An American flag is in the lower right corner of the frame.
Date: 1965, Dec. 26
Subject: Vietnam War, 1961-1975; United States. Navy; Boats and boating; Blockade; Sailors
Location: Phú Quốc Island, South Vietnam
Coordinates: 10.2899; 103.9840
Size: 20 x 25 cm
Container: B146, F4
Format: black-and-white prints (photographs)
Collection Number: MS 363
Collection Title: Beverly Deepe Keever, Journalism Papers
Creator: United States. Navy
Collector: Keever, Beverly Deepe
Copyright Information: These images are for educational use only. To inquire about usage or publication, please contact Archives & Special Collections.
Publisher: Archives & Special Collections
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