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Pictures from the Early Viet Nam Era
In 1962 Whitehurst was on patrol in the South China Sea in support of the South Viet Namese Government.  The ship dropped anchor near Da Nang on the upper coast of South Viet Nam, where the ship's company went ashore for a beach party.   Da Nang had been fortified by the French, and later was home to Helicopter Squadron 2.  In 1965 a large  American Air Base was built there.
Pictures contributed by various Whitehurst veterans of the late 1950s and 1960s. Not necessarily in chronological sequence. Pictures contributed by: Rodger Clement, Tim Dorgan, Gary w. Hendrickson, Bill Endter, George Parmeter, and Maynard Cox
USS Whitehurst DE-634, Phuc Quoc Viet Nam. photo provided by Rodger Clement QM3
Beach Party Da Nang South Viet Nam   1962
Color Beach photos contributed by Rodger Clement QM3
For more on the beach party and details of Whitehurst involvement in Viet Nam see "On Battle Patrol" by Bill Mulcahy Torpedoman 2/c  Battle Patrol
Photo of old Temple near Da Nang Beach South Viet Nam  contributed by Tim Dorgan SM2
Fishing off Viet Nam  1961 or '62 On Right wearing Glasses is Jim Stotts EM2
Duty Day, Can you name men or the ship alongside? Foreground profile is Jim Stotts EM2, Sitting is Gerald Swartzrock EM2, Background is ??
"Sully" Sullivan & George Parmeter, Viet Nam  '61 or '62
First Liberty, Japan
Gerald Laws Eng. Off.	Gerald Laws' Zippo	Engineering Dept. Patch

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