Joe Muharsky's
Swift Boats In Vietnam
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Picture Showing severe battle damage to PCF 10 at Cat Lo. October, 1969
Picture of PCF 102 after recoilless hit in front center windshield.
Picture of PCF 102 at moment of direct hit on VC bunker. Crew members names included.
Picture of unknown crew from Cat Lo division. I received an E-Mail that said the Sailor without a shirt is BM3 Robert A. Thompson who was Killed In Action in 19 May 1969.
Picture of PCF 102 playing with their Zippo lighters.
Picture of PCF 5, PCF 38, PCF 9 wasting village in Cai Nap
Canal. Mar 7, 1969. EN3 Barry Bogart was Wounded In Action in this raid.
Picture of PCF 38 wasting village in Cai Nap Canal. Mar 6, 1969. EN3 Barry Bogart was Wounded In Action in this raid. PCF 94 was also on this raid.
Picture of three crew members from PCF 102 after Fire Fight.
Picture of PCF 98 and PCF 28 after raid on Bo De River, May 10, 1968. Sailors Akers, Wicks and Balser were Wounded In Action on this raid.
Picture of PCF 28 battle damage. October, 1968.
Picture of PCF 35 after RPG hit. Unknown Crew member looking out through hole in boat. Date unknown.
Picture of yours truly "RD2 Joe Muharsky" water skiing behind PCF 94 March 1969. Pictured is signed by Senator John Kerry who was a LTJG in Coastal Division 11.
Picture of RD2 Tommy (Trees) Forest. PCF 102. 1968
Picture of crew of PCF 102. Includes names. October 1968.
Picture of PCF 102. RD2 Tom Forest and RDSN Jack Cook.
Picture of LTJG Tuck Brand and BM2 Steve Luke. Steve was Killed In Action 6 Dec 68.
Picture of PCF 39 in Cua Dai River. May 1969
Picture of PCF 58. South of Dannang with VN advisor aboard in route to Cua Dia. May 1969.
Picture of PCF 98. LTJG Wade Sanders and crew lifting the wounded BM2 John McDermott from Boat. BM2 McDermott died of his wounds 4 hours later. Wade Sanders later became the Assistant Deputy Secretary of the Navy.
This picture is the crew of PCF 16 between May of 67 and May of 68. The officer in khakis is LTJG Larry Meyers, on helm is EN2 Rich Hassom, on the ready service locker is BM1 Hughes, not sure who is sitting on the left side of the ready service locker. Micheal Roberts is in the gun tub but can not be seen in picture.
Picture of two Navy Seals who served on Swift Boats at Sea Float in 1970. Man on left is my friend Darryl Young, author of the books "Element Of Surprise" and "UDT SEALS and Frogmen". Man on right is unknown.
This is a double picture of me, RD2 Joe Muharsky. The first picture was taken candidly in the Ha Tien River in 1969. I duplicated the pose at "The Last River Run" in Washington D.C. in 1995. P.S. Same cigarette
This picture is of an unknown boat and crew.
PCF 13. Crew unknown
RD2 Dave Pendergrass aboard PCF-16 somewhere around Dannang, early 1968
The Following pictures were sent to me by Neil Geis
Neil was the operations officer for COSRON 1 in 69-70
PCF 94 which was my boat in An Thoi
This picture was taken on the day prior to the turnover to the South Vietnamese Navy. October 29, 1969
This picture is believed to be the 45 Boat
Unknown PCF
Unknown PCF
Turned over Swifts at Cam Rahn Bay. November 1969
Day before turnover October 29, 1969
The Followint pictures were provided by Don Goldberg, QM1 PCF 21
QM2 R.H. Ray, EM2 Don Foreman. Dannang, early 1968
Swift Boat Pier at Chu Lai
PCF 81 Sandbaged for operations up the Dannang River.
LT Francis L. (Skip) Gunther.
GMG3 Roger W. Buie, GMSN E.R. Popp.
GMSN E.R. Popp.
Waiting for a fire mission. GMG3 Roger W. Buie, EM1 Foreman, GMSN E.R. Popp.
VN PO, PCF 21
Crew Quarters, Chu Lai
RD2 Terry Boone with children.
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