In May of 1972, a few days after mining Haiphong Harbor and the start of the intense bombing and shelling of military logistics and war industry in North Vietnam known as Operation Linebacker, USS Coral Sea finally left the line for some R&R in Hong Kong after nearly two months on Yankee Station. This is the propaganda in the city, off the beaten path (where U.S. Sailors werent supposed to go). We certainly didnt believe, and the enemy would soon have their own doubts. Back out in the Tonkin Gulf, the Yacht Club was steadily growing.
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