Dark Seas | When The US Coast Guard Broke an Entire Foreign Country @DarkDocsSeas | Uploaded December 2022 | Updated October 2024, 21 hours ago.
The tropical heat was unbearable. Despite being inside a cutter with the air conditioner turned on, the Coast Guardsmen were sweating profusely. The eight-man crew had been inspecting Vietnamese sampans the whole day.
The men aboard the Point White cutter were part of Operation Market Time, a joint US Navy and Coast Guard program with the objective to cleanse the rivers and coasts of South Vietnam of enemy contraband.
Suddenly, a lone sampan emerged from the river, and one of the Americans shouted to stop as they approached the local vessel to inspect it.
The men quickly aimed their rifles at the Vietnamese, while others prepared to board the vessel. The North Vietnamese were known to hide between civilian fishermen and take the Americans by surprise. The operation was risky, but someone had to do it.
It was now time for another inspection.
The tropical heat was unbearable. Despite being inside a cutter with the air conditioner turned on, the Coast Guardsmen were sweating profusely. The eight-man crew had been inspecting Vietnamese sampans the whole day.
The men aboard the Point White cutter were part of Operation Market Time, a joint US Navy and Coast Guard program with the objective to cleanse the rivers and coasts of South Vietnam of enemy contraband.
Suddenly, a lone sampan emerged from the river, and one of the Americans shouted to stop as they approached the local vessel to inspect it.
The men quickly aimed their rifles at the Vietnamese, while others prepared to board the vessel. The North Vietnamese were known to hide between civilian fishermen and take the Americans by surprise. The operation was risky, but someone had to do it.
It was now time for another inspection.
