A line is secured to a 35 foot fishing boat by the USS BLUE RIDGE (LCC 19) crewmen in a life boat. The amphibious command ship rescued 35 Vietnamese refugees 350 miles northeast of Cam Ranh Bay, Vietnam, after they had spend eight days at sea. They were transported to Hong Kong
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The original finding aid described this photograph as:
Country: South China Sea
Scene Camera Operator: LT Carl R. Begy
Release Status: Released to Public
Combined Military Service Digital Photographic Files
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Date
15/05/1984
Source
The U.S. National Archives
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