Iron Men in Wooden Boats » Unit Awards http://ironmeninwoodenboats.com Small Boat Minesweeping in the U.S. Navy 1944-1970 Fri, 12 Apr 2013 23:02:37 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 IRON MEN IN WOODEN BOATS http://ironmeninwoodenboats.com/?p=199 http://ironmeninwoodenboats.com/?p=199#comments Sun, 26 Aug 2012 19:38:02 +0000 eds3rd http://ironmeninwoodenboats.com/?p=199 Continue reading →]]> Iron Men In Wooden Boats the “History of Small Boat Minesweeping” was something I wanted to document for posterity, so that my shipmates would not be relegated to the “dustbin of history”. In planning my book I have not found publishers willing to publish a book to accommodate the wide range of media that my research had uncovered, so as I accumulate and create multimedia presentations, I will offer samples on this blog, in no particular order, to stimulate interest in my book, and hopefully additional content contributions – that document the History of Small Boat Minesweeping”.

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]]> http://ironmeninwoodenboats.com/?feed=rss2&p=199 2 Epping Forest Unit Awards and Campaign Medals http://ironmeninwoodenboats.com/?p=92 http://ironmeninwoodenboats.com/?p=92#comments Thu, 02 Aug 2012 19:46:19 +0000 eds3rd http://ironmeninwoodenboats.com/?p=92 Continue reading →]]> Attached is information from OPNAV NOTICE 1650 Master List Of Unit Awards And Campaign Medals on the USS Epping Forest MCS-7. As 60′s and 70′s sailors know, the former LSD-4 was transferred from the Amphibious Forces to Mine Flotilla One in 1962, and homeported in Sasebo, Japan to serve as Flagship for the Commander Mine Flotilla ONE/COMINRON THREE. Our Commodore wore both hats from 1962 until 1970 when Mine Forces Pacific reorganized following the de-commissioning of the USS Epping Forest MCS-7, and the USS Catskill MCS-1 that replaced it.

OPNAV 1650 Awards EPPING FOREST LSD 4-MCS 7

 

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