[Jimnorwellwarren]

Tey weren't a fantasy in Vietnam; they were an extremely effective platform.

[dljordan]

"Tey weren't a fantasy in Vietnam; they were an extremely effective platform."

I had a good friend that was with the marines in Quang Tre (SP?) province Vietnam. They were taking fire from hostiles dug in on a mountainside and called in support fire from the New Jersey. Tink said that when they usually called in support fire from their own artillery they started counting down from five but when they called in fire from the New Jersey they started counting from 21. At the end of the count the whole side of the mountain blew up. End of problem.

[Non-Sequitur]

Tey weren't a fantasy in Vietnam; they were an extremely effective platform.

That was almost 40 years ago.

[stumpy]

I remember (didn't see them in action) but I remember laughing my butt off when I read in Stars and Stripes that part of a North Vietnamese Island was sunk by the New Jersey. Semper Fi.