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  • Vietnam Conflict 1962-1975
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<p>Charlie Hunt page 69</p>
Caption: Navy veteran Charlie Hunt describes the armament of the Navy’s Patrol Craft Fast (PCF), more famously known as a Swift boat. Click the links below to hear more veteran oral histories.

 

ASPB Under Fire in the River Fleet

"I Couldn't Breathe:" A PBR Crewman Remembers His Wounding

Unexpected Corpsman on a Swift Boat

Manning the Guns on a PBR 

 

A PBR Officer's Close Call with a B-40 Rocket

Firefight on a PBR

The Tet Offensive in My Tho

Small Boat, Big Jobs: PBRs in Vietnam

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Published: Tue Jun 08 16:11:39 EDT 2021