Combat Actions of the U.S.S. Turner Joy (DD-951) As witnessed by LCDR Jim Chester US Navy (Retired) Another event that happened on that last day of the war that is unique in the Vietnam War Experience is surreal and still sends chills down my spine to this day just thinking about it. Shortly after rearming…
Chapter Four-Part I Combat Actions of the U.S.S. Turner Joy (DD-951) As witnessed by LCDR Jim Chester US Navy (Retired) Assigned to the Combat Information Center (CIC) as leading Operations Specialist holding the rank of E-5 and rate of OS2 aboard the destroyer USS Turner Joy (DD-951), the last all gun destroyer ever built for…
This book is the epitome of the unexplainable things that happen in heavy combat and how history is altered and legends are born. On January 27, 1973, while engaged in very heavy combat just below the Demilitarized Zone (DMZ) in what then was First Military Region, Republic of South Vietnam, I participated in and witnessed…