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Subject:		PBR 141
Name:		KEN ROGERS
Date Posted:		Apr 26, 07 - 7:48 AM
Email:		kroger@co.union.nc.us
Message:		I AM A COUNTY VETERANS SERVICE OFFICER WORKING WITH A MR. PHUC V. HONG. MR. HONG SERVED ON PBR 141 IN 1970. THE BOAT WAS HIT AND MR. HONG WAS WOUNDED. HE RECEIVED THE PURPLE HEART. THE CAPTAIN DIED. HE RECALLS A GUNMAN NAMED "BILL" AND AND ENGINEMAN NAMED "MIKE". MR. HONG WAS A GUNMAN. MR. HONG INDICATES HE WAS INDUCTED INTO THE US NAVY, WAS TRAINED IN SAIGON (BO0T SCHOOL 5) AND THEN PUT ON BOARD THE PBR. HE SERVED IN THE US NAVY FROM JUL 69 TO MAR 70. HE WAS PROVIDED A DD FM 214 WHEN HE LEFT. HOWEVER, ALL DOCUMENTS HAVE BEEN LOST. WE'VE CONTACTED THE NATIONAL PERSONNEL RECORD CENTER (MILTARY AND CIVILIAN BRANCH) WITH NO SUCCESS. I AM HOPING MEMBERS OF YOUR ORGANIZATION MAY KNOW OF PBR 141 AND MR. HONG. PLEASE CONTACT ME AT THE E-MAIL ABOVE OR WRITE MR. HONG AT 2008 TWILIGHT LANE, MONROE, NC 28110-6108.

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