In the early morning hours of November 1, 1968 the USS Westchester County LST 1167, a U.S. Navy supply ship was mined on the Song My Tho.
The mining resulted in the death of 18 USN, 5 US 9th Infantry soldiers, and 2 Vietnamese soldiers. There were 27 wounded in action. This movie includes WESCO recovery pictures and YLLC4 work on WESCO and it's own mining two weeks later.
This video which I shot shows the departure of the ship from the Mekong Delta following emergency repairs at Dong Tam. Click here for a memorial page that details the fateful hours of this ship and crew on November 1, 1968.
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