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To: RomanSoldier19; Honest Nigerian; krogers58; Always A Marine; Luker; Grimmy; Mariner; Gator113

I can remember when the only concerns for steaming through the South China Sea were those enforced by the two carriers on Yankee Station. There the International Rules of the Road did not apply. As far as the admiral was concerned his ships did whatever they wanted to whenever they wanted to, and you stayed the hell out of the way. On all but one occasion our LST (Westchester County) went around. On that occasion we had just left an Amphibious Ready Group lead by the Iwo Jima

Before I came onboard (1970) there was a destroyer squadron homeported in Taipei. When is closed every ship traveling to and from Vietnam went through the Taiwan Straits.

35 posted on 04/21/2020 9:26:43 PM PDT by Retain Mike ( Sat Cong)

I came 10 years after you.

The 31st MEU was the 31st MAU.

When you were aboard, was it still the Special Landing Force Alpha, or had it already been renamed to 31st MAU?

43 posted on 04/21/2020 10:44:45 PM PDT by Grimmy (equivocation is but the first step along the road to capitulation)

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