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Utah Beach oral history edit
http://www.uscg.mil/history/WEBORALHISTORY/Marvin_Perrett_Oral_History.asp
Memoir of Marvin Perret, coxswain of one of APA-33's landing craft at Utah Beach. Some inaccuracies (the XO Littlefield was no relation to Lucille Littlefield-Spencer, and to my knowledge none of the troops aboard had been to Italy before landing on Utah Beach) but nevertheless a fascinating read. Suggest adding to external links.
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In April, she loaded troops for another landing and put them ashore south of Da Nang on 28 April.
Beginning May 17, Bayfield participated in Operation Beau Charger (Task Group 76.4), a combined forces amphibious landing and sweep operation into the southern half of the Demilitarized Zone (DMZ) in the Ben Hai River region, which continued until May 26. Marines of the 3rd Marine Division were put ashore in Bayfield landing craft on May 18 (D-Day) and the ship came under attack from shore batteries, which earned the venerable attack transport and its crew the Combat Action Ribbon. TG 76.4 consisted of Okinawa, Bayfield, Point Defiance, and Whitfield County, among others. Ship-to-shore gunfire support was provided by heavy cruisers Boston and St. Paul, and destroyers Allen M. Sumner, Edson, Strauss, and HMAS Hobart. This was the strongest concentration of American surface gunfire ships since the Korean War. Bayfield continued to serve off the coast of Vietnam until 28 May, ferrying troops between points as needed and transporting casualties to the hospital ship Sanctuary. Relieved by the Duluth, Bayfield headed back to Long Beach, Calif., via Sasebo, Hong Kong and Pearl Harbor. Beau Charger would be her last combat assignment.
Since there is no cite for this material, I have removed it for the time being and placed it here until it can be confirmed. Gatoclass (talk) 08:37, 10 November 2009 (UTC)
D-Day landings edit
A bummer this page doesn't seem to have anything about the participation in the D day landings, or the admiral who shot himself. 73.41.226.97 (talk) 06:56, 27 October 2022 (UTC)