WHY 1950-1975

WHY 1950 - 1975 ??

Tonkin Gulf Yacht Club




	Wikipedia cites a 1950 start to US Navy operations in Indochina:
	https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tonkin_Gulf_Yacht_Club

	There was a US Navy presence in 1950 on the staff of:
	https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Military_Assistance_Advisory_Group

	We had ships moving troops and supplies for the French in the early 1950's
	In 1954 the French lost at Dien Bien Phu and we conducted:
	https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Operation_Passage_to_Freedom
	then had a nearly continuous presence in the South China Sea

	Another Tonkin Gulf Yacht Club site lists 1950 as the start:
	http://jerryjagger.tripod.com/tgyc.html

	Others have used the 1950 start date before I have.
	I use 1950 as a start date to insure my fellow Navy vets who have served in the
	South China Sea / Indochina / Vietnam theater of operations are not excluded.

	Best to ALL HANDS on your end,
	Dave Schultz / Web PO / Hullnumber.com

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