Description: Vietnam war in-country machine-embroidered patch measures approximately 3" by 3", used condition. A valuable addition to your collection of Vietnam war memorabilia items.During Vietnam war, the primary objective of US Navy Market Time coastal patrol was to prevent the VC from strengthening their forces in South Vietnam through seaborne infiltration of supplies and munitions. The North Vietnamese Naval Transportation Group 125 used steel-hulled, 100-ton trawlers and seagoing junks to infiltrate the South. The Viet Cong operated smaller junks, sampans, and other craft within South Vietnamese coastal waters, and limiting this movement also became a responsibility of the Market Time forces. The US Navy coastal surveillance operation was organized around nine (initially eight) patrol sectors covering the 1,200-mile South Vietnamese coast from the 17th parallel to the Cambodian border and extending 40 miles out to sea. Within these areas, ships and craft of the U.S. Navy searched for contraband. American aircraft operating from ships offshore and from bases in South Vietnam, Thailand, and the Philippines flew search patterns over the Market Time area. By 1968 the patrol generally was divided into three zones: (1) an air surveillance sector farthest out to sea; (2) an outer surface barrier patrolled by large U.S. ships; and (3) an inner, or shallow-water, barrier patrolled by U.S. and South Vietnamese boats and craft and Coastal Force junks. Mobile units of Inshore Undersea Warfare Surveillance Group 1 (IUWG-1), Western Pacific Detachment, deployed to South Vietnam in April 1966 to form an additional screen. Worldwide combined shipment is welcome. Please visit my 'EAZYCOLLECTIBLES' store for more great war items. Thanks. Froo www.froo.com | Froo Cross Sell, Free Cross Sell, Cross promote, eBay Marketing, eBay listing Apps, eBay Apps, eBay Application Froo www.froo.com | Froo Cross Sell, Free Cross Sell, Cross promote, eBay Marketing, eBay listing Apps, eBay Apps, eBay Application
Price: 10.99 USD
Location: Westminster, California
End Time: 2024-12-26T14:32:42.000Z
Shipping Cost: 1 USD
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Restocking Fee: 20%
Return shipping will be paid by: Buyer
All returns accepted: Returns Accepted
Item must be returned within: 30 Days
Refund will be given as: Money Back
Conflict: Vietnam (1961-75)
Country of Manufacture: Vietnam
Original/Reproduction: Original
Theme: Militaria
Country/Region of Manufacture: Vietnam
Modified Item: No
