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That Harnett County OPS patch rocks firefighter

 

Thanks Sailor. Took me a bit to figure out "DILLIGAF". I'm sure you know but in case other don't. 'Does It Look Like I Give A FUDGE'.

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Some new ones to add

USS Capricornus AKA 57

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USS Comstock LSD 19

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USS Valcour AGF 1

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USS Union AKA 106

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USS Monrovia APA 31

Fast Attack Transport maybe an AUX ???

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USS Lamoure County LST 1194

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USS Duval County LST 758

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USS Page County LST 1076

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USS Huntertdon County AGP 838

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USS Princeton LPH 5

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Amphibious Squadron 8

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USS York County LST 1175

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USS Plymouth Rock LSD 29

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USS Barbour County LST 1195

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USS Lincoln County LST 898

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USS TALLAHATCHIE COUNTY (LST-1154) Talbot County class tank landing ship In service from 1946 to 1970

She was named from 1955 to 1962 and then converted to AVB-2 (advance aviation base ship) in 1962

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Both versions of USS TALLAHATCHIE COUNTY (LST-1154) & (AVB-2)

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Haven't seen this one on the forum

 

Rocket Ship USS WHITE RIVER (LFR-536)

Association http://www.usswhiteriver.com/

Brown Water Navy http://brownwater-navy.com/vietnam/RIV-WR-wg.htm

MRF Association http://www.mrfa.org/us-navy/us-navy-mobile-riverine-force/white-river-lsmr-536/

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Came from a crewman along with his Vietnam Hunting Club patch. Easy to date this one, she was LSMR-536 until January 1969 when she was redesignated in-country as Inshore Fire Support ship LFR-536. Broken up in Japan in 1970

 

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USS PARK COUNTY (LST-1077) - Commissioned on VE Day in 1945, she was mothballed until the Korean war during which she was awarded 5 battle stars. Decommissioned againin 1955 until refitted in 1965 and stationed at Vung Tau, RVN where she served until 1971 earning 11 battle stars in Vietnam.

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1950's Japanese made Amphibious Group Six with Fleet Training Group armband and hanger

 

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USS Gallatin APA-169 | WWII | troop and cargo transport

 

Classic WWII Disney designed insignia. Launched 17 October 1944. After shakedown training out of San Pedro, California, Gallatin departed San Diego, California, 18 January 1945 with more than a thousand troops plus cargo. In the ensuing months she carried passengers and military cargo to ports throughout the Pacific Ocean, supporting the final blows which forced Japan to surrender. She visited Hawaii; the Marshall Islands; the New Hebrides; New Caledonia; the Philippines; New Guinea; and the Admiralty Islands.

 

 

 

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Christmas card

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Stationery

 

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USS EARLE B. HALL (APD-107) with an error tab Crosley class High Speed Transport (ex-Rudderow class DE-597)

 

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The Versatile Gator aka the Iron Porpoise in service 1945 to 1965. This patch is from her 1961-1965 commissioning period when she was assigned to Cuban blockade duty in the Caribbean. She suffered a major breakdown in 1965 and her entire crew was cross-docked to her newly reactivated sister ship, USS KIRWIN (APD-90)

 

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....and the ship which replaced her,

USS KIRWIN (APD-90) ex-DE-229, later 'Amphibious Transport Small' LPR-90.  Her 1965 to 1969 patch

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I think an attack transport fits in here USS Telfair APA 210 Haven't seen this version much Pre 1969 at least, the ship was redesignated an LPA in 1969

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USS OAK HILL (LSD-7) Ashland class dock landing ship In service 1944 to 1969

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Ashland class dock landing ship USS OAK HILL (LSD-7) In service 1944 to 1969

 

Hello,

Very nice. :) .

Serge

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USS OGLETHORPE (AKA-100) Andromeda class attack cargo ship In service 1945 to 1968.

Landed the 1st Cavalry and 1st Marine Division in Korea  

LTLF - "Land the Landing Force"

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USS RALEIGH (LPD-1) Class leader In service 1962 to 1991

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USS RALEIGH (LPD-1) 1987 Operation Earnest Will Persian Gulf

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USS DONNER (LSD-20) Casa Grande class In service 1945 to 1970

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Normandy veteran USS CHASE COUNTY (LST-532) made 49 round trips to Omaha Beach, Recommissioned for Vietnam Service.

 

Vietnamese Counteroffensive - 24 to 29 April 1966,16 to 21 May 1966, 24 to 29 June 1966,

Vietnamese Counteroffensive - Phase II - 6 to 10 July 1966, 29 July to 3 August 1966, 17 to 24 August 1966, 6 to 10 September 1966, 29 September to 3 October 1966, 16 to 20 October 1966, 9 to 14 January 1967, 10 to 17 February 1967, 26 February to 6 March 1967.

 

Two battle stars RVN Service - Decommissioned just weeks later at Subic Bay on April 15, 1967

Japanese made mid-Sixties cut edge patch

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Okinawa Veteran USS JEROME COUNTY (LST-848) PUC, MUC, 5 Battle Stars RVN Service. Decommissioned and transferred to VNN in 1970. She escaped from DaNang in 1975 and was recommissioned in the Philippine Navy.

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Korean war and Vietnam war veteran USS OUTAGAMIE COUNTY (LST-1173) Decommissioned in 1971

 

USS Outagamie County earned six battle stars for Korean War service and eight campaign stars for Vietnam War service plus three stars for the Combat Action Ribbon during the 1969 to 1971 campaigns

 

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Normandy veteran USS CHASE COUNTY (LST-532) made 49 round trips to Omaha Beach, Recommissioned for Vietnam Service.

 

Vietnamese Counteroffensive - 24 to 29 April 1966,16 to 21 May 1966, 24 to 29 June 1966,

Vietnamese Counteroffensive - Phase II - 6 to 10 July 1966, 29 July to 3 August 1966, 17 to 24 August 1966, 6 to 10 September 1966, 29 September to 3 October 1966, 16 to 20 October 1966, 9 to 14 January 1967, 10 to 17 February 1967, 26 February to 6 March 1967.

 

Two battle stars RVN Service - Decommissioned just weeks later at Subic Bay on April 15, 1967

 

Japanese made mid-Sixties cut edge patch

Great looking patch

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USS VERNON COUNTY (LST-1161) Terrebonne Parish class In service 1953 to 1973 - Landed the troops at Da Nang in 1965 and served throughout the war.  Vernon County earned a Presidential Unit Citation (for her actions between 28 February 1969 to 25 March 1969), three Meritorious Unit Commendations, three Navy Unit Commendations, and 13 campaign stars for her Vietnam War service.

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USS CAYUGA COUNTY (LST-529) LST-491 class tank landing ship In service 1944 to 1963. Normandy and Korean War veteran, transferred to VNN in 1963, escaped to the Philippines in 1975

 

Patch circa 1950's when she was assigned as a logistic support ship for the Marianas and Bonin Islands shuttling cargo from Guam to Japan

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3 war veteran USS LUZERNE COUNTY (LST-902) in service 1945 to 1970

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