Herbert Ogier2 August 1964
Ogier directed USS Maddox to engage the North Vietnamese craft with its naval guns, damaging the attackers and helping force them to break off the action.
United States of America · Warfare / Vietnam War, 2nd. Chronological records rendered directly from the World History Database.
Ogier directed USS Maddox to engage the North Vietnamese craft with its naval guns, damaging the attackers and helping force them to break off the action.
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