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Coast Guard ship’s logbook entry in verse on New Year’s Day, 1969
True to tradition, an ensign aboard the U.S. Coast Guard cutter Pontchartrain composed a New Year’s Day 1969 logbook entry in verse, and a fine job he did of it. Ensign Hughes, Happy New Year to you, too, from 2023. … Continue reading
Cruise Book of U.S. Coast Guard Cutter Pontchartrain From Vietnam 1970
“What did you do in the war, Daddy?” This is a question I thankfully have some answers to from my Dad’s writings and photos from Vietnam. In my role as custodian of family photos, I’m sometimes bowled over by items … Continue reading
Cu Lao Re: A Story of the Coast Guard in Vietnam, by CAPT LeRoy Reinburg, Jr.
In the summer of 1970, I was the Commanding Officer of the U.S. Coast Guard Cutter Pontchartrain (WHEC-70), a unit of Coast Guard Squadron Three, Cruiser-Destroyer Group, U.S. Seventh Fleet. We were deployed to the Republic of Vietnam (RVN) and … Continue reading
The Most Important Consideration in Wartime: A Vietnam Story, by Captain Leroy Reinburg, Jr., U.S. Coast Guard-Retired
In the spring of 1970, the Coast Guard Cutter PONTCHARTRAIN, which I commanded, was sent on a fire support mission to destroy a North Vietnamese training facility on the seaward side of a mountain, Nui Da Dung, on the Vietnam-Cambodian … Continue reading
“Friendly Fire Isn’t,” by Captain LeRoy Reinburg, Jr., U.S. Coast Guard–Retired
There are many tragedies in warfare but some of the most tragic, because they are frequently avoidable, are deaths or injury caused by the (oxymoron) “friendly fire.” The military term for friendly fire is the more descriptive word fratricide. These … Continue reading
“A Coast Guardsman’s Recollections of Vietnam” by Captain LeRoy Reinburg, Jr., U.S. Coast Guard–Retired
During most of 1970, the Coast Guard Cutter PONTCHARTRAIN (WHEC-70), of which I was the commanding officer, was deployed to Vietnam as a unit of Coast Guard Squadron THREE, a part of Commander, Cruiser/Destroyer Group, U.S. SEVENTH Fleet. PONTCHARTRAIN was … Continue reading
“What’s the Coast Guard Doing in Vietnam?” by Captain LeRoy Reinburg, Jr., U.S. Coast Guard–Retired
This was the second question asked me by an Air Force colonel, when we were assigned together in Vietnam in the 1960s. Eyeing my cap device, his first question had been a polite, “What navy are you in?” What’s the … Continue reading
“A Deep Problem,” by Captain LeRoy Reinburg, Jr., U.S. Coast Guard–Retired
In February, 1970, the ship that I commanded, the Coast Guard Cutter PONTCHARTRAIN, departed from its home port of Long Beach, California, for a ten-month deployment to Vietnam to join four other High Endurance Cutters which composed Coast Guard Squadron … Continue reading
“R & R,” by Captain LeRoy Reinburg, Jr., U.S. Coast Guard–Retired
During most of 1970, my ship, the Coast Guard Cutter PONTCHARTRAIN (WHEC-70), of which I was the Commanding Officer, was deployed to Vietnam as a part of the U.S. SEVENTH Fleet. We were assigned to Commander, Task Force ONE ONE … Continue reading