2006-10-24 03:39:40 · 3 answers · asked by Anonymous in Arts & Humanities ➔ History
That information you'll have to get from 7th Fleet HQ in Yokosuka Japan. Here's the email address and good luck.
Public and Media Inquiries: 0122@c7f.navy.mil
2006-10-24 04:25:32 · answer #1 · answered by southwind 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Phibfor would mean that the ships were basically amphibious Navy ships, perhaps escorted by destroyers, cruisers, and an AC Carrier. An Ampib operation would have included any ships listed as amphibious ships - LSTs, LSMs, LSDs, LPHs (which is a helicopter carrier) and other smaller ships, some of them boats. I was on an LST during 1967 delivering munitions and bombs on the coast of Vietnam and even 250 miles up the Mekong. Amphib ships land Marines and their supplies. That would mean that there was a Marine landing of some sort, which would be similar to the way the Marines landed on the various Islands in the Pacific during WWII, North Africa in WWII, Italy in WWII, and D Day. Just google Amphibious Ships and you will see what they look like. They are slow, ugly, and the only ships that could do that type of work.
2006-10-24 06:50:03 · answer #2 · answered by Polyhistor 7 · 0⤊ 1⤋
www.usmc.mil/.../
http://www.history.navy.mil/
will each have links to the Easter offensive you'll have to hunt a bit.
2006-10-25 04:18:25 · answer #3 · answered by yankee_sailor 7 · 0⤊ 1⤋