Volume II: No. 2 | April 2000          |
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"VIETNAM,          VIETNAM. WE'VE ALL BEEN THERE."
April 29, 2000 marks the 35th Anniversary of the Coast Guard's entrance                into combat operations in the Vietnam War. With a quick "OK"                President Lyndon Baines Johnson gave his assent to the Coast Guard                to join the war. It would be a learning experience soon lost.
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Presently only one of the seven Coast Guardsmen killed in Vietnam has            been honored and virtually none of the living Coast Guard heros of this            war are known.
Perhaps over the next five years we may place all Coast Guardsmen who            served in Vietnam in their proper place of honor and dedication to the            nation and the Coast Guard.
The response to the initial issue of                        The Pricker has been wonderful. To make it a further                        success we ask for contributions of articles, commentary,                        professional notes or know-how and photos.
In This Issue:
Feature:            The war in Vietnam was full of confusion and missteps. For the Coast            Guard one of these involved the cutter Point Welcome and the            heroics of its crew.
Old Guard: Senior            Chief Alan Nelson tells us about his great uncle of the USLSS in Michigan            at the turn of the 20th century.
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Photos: War in            the movies with the Fighting Coast Guard. A pictorial representation            of a movie opening in Boston.
New Guard GMC            Jim Gurette and his gun gang in the Gulf -- Perian Gulf that is.
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Links: A few links            have been added.
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