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  2. Coast Guard Squadron One - Wikipedia

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    Coast Guard Squadron One, also known in official message traffic as COGARDRON ONE or RONONE, was a combat unit formed by the United States Coast Guard in 1965 for service during the Vietnam War. Placed under the operational control of the United States Navy , it was assigned duties in Operation Market Time .

  3. An Thoi Naval Base - Wikipedia

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    On 24 July 1965, the newly established Division 11, Coast Guard Squadron One equipped with 9 Point-class cutters and escorted by the USS Floyd County began the transit from U.S. Naval Base Subic Bay to An Thoi arriving on 31 July and commencing Operation Market Time patrols the following day.

  4. Cat Lo Naval Base - Wikipedia

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    On 22 February 1966, the newly established Division 13, Coast Guard Squadron One began operations from Cat Lo. [3] In early 1966 PBRs of River Divisions 53 and 54 began operations from Cat Lo. [2]: 103 PACV Division 107 operating the experimental Patrol Air Cushion Vehicle also operated out of Cat Lo during their first deployment to the Vietnam ...

  5. Operation Market Time - Wikipedia

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    Beginning officially on 11 March 1965, Market Time featured a picket line of ships along over 1,000 miles (1,600 km) of South Vietnamese coast including forces from the U.S. Coast Guard, the U.S. Navy and the RVNN. [6] The operation was originally placed under the control of the Vietnam Patrol Force (Task Force 71).

  6. Island-class patrol boat squadron - Wikipedia

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    The United States Coast Guard established Patrol Boat Squadrons to manage the 110-foot long Island-class patrol boats. Squadron ONE (renamed FOUR) was established in Miami Beach, Florida, and Squadron TWO was established in Roosevelt Roads, Puerto Rico. Their message traffic plain language addresses were COGARD PATBOATRON ONE and TWO, respectively.

  7. Jack Columbus Rittichier - Wikipedia

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    Jack Columbus Rittichier (August 17, 1933 – June 9, 1968) was the highest-ranked American Coast Guard officer killed during the Vietnam War [1] and the first Coast Guardsman killed in action during the Vietnam War. [2]

  8. USCGC Klamath - Wikipedia

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    USCGC Klamath (WHEC-66) was an Owasco-class high endurance cutter built for World War II service with the United States Coast Guard.The war ended before the ship was completed and consequently Klamath did not see wartime service until the Vietnam War.

  9. USCGC Point Welcome - Wikipedia

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    The original bow-mounted machine gun was replaced with a combination over-under .50 caliber machine gun/81mm trigger-fired mortar, developed by the Coast Guard for service in South Vietnam. [ 4 ] [ 5 ] [ 14 ] [ 15 ] For service in Vietnam, two additional commissioned officers were added to the crew to add seniority in the mission of ...