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UA 45.03 Captain Joseph Drachnik Collection

Captain Joseph Drachnik Collection
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Title: Captain Joseph Drachnik Collection
Caption: Collection photo # UA 45.03.01 - Captain Joseph Drachnik
Description: Collection (copies) of photographs from Captain Joseph Drachnik, Chief of the Navy Section of the Military Assistance Advisory Group, Vietnam, December 1961-January 1964. Images consist of Captain Drachnik meeting with various officers (ADM Claude Ricketts, VNN CNO Captain Quyen, President Diem) visiting Saigon; Vietnamese River Force boats in Saigon; shipyards; Coastal Force Junk; LST operations; aerial of Junk Force Division 34 (Mekong River); Vietnamese River Forces (LCM & LCVP); amphibious operations; and USS Whitehurst in patrol off South Vietnam.
Accession #: UA 45
Catalog #: UA 45.03
Copyright Owner: Naval History & Heritage Command
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