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During the Battle, Vietnam's coast had to be protected against Viet Cong ambushes and smuggling. The U.S. pushes acquired destroyers, cruisers and gargantuan plane carriers, none fitted to inshore patrol. This is the history of the Brown Normal water Navy, the garage-band flotilla set up to do the job. Douglas Branson has been to Vietnam several times, including trips in 1966, 1995 and 2011. The first time, he was a 22-year-old, Brown Normal water Navy lieutenant JG. Subsequent sessions were as a consultant/tourist. Here, Branson recounts three of his Vietnam activities with humor, fine detail and insight into the economic, politics and gastronomic pushes at work.
