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Remembering Memorial Day

by Jim Buckley

May 27, 2024
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V-J Day Kiss in Times Square, August 15, 1945. Photo: Alfred Eisenstaedt / Alamy

The Gulf of Tonkin Incident

In 1964, my ship sailed along the edge of a typhoon to reach the Gulf of Tonkin; ours (USS HENRY W. TUCKER) was one of two ships assigned to replace the USS MADDOX and USS TURNER JOY during a mission that was then called the “DeSoto Patrol” in th…

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