John Herrick2 August 1964
Herrick assumed operational control of USS Turner Joy after it joined USS Maddox, creating a two-destroyer patrol group for the renewed DESOTO mission.
United States of America · Warfare / Vietnam War, 2nd. Chronological records rendered directly from the World History Database.
Herrick assumed operational control of USS Turner Joy after it joined USS Maddox, creating a two-destroyer patrol group for the renewed DESOTO mission.
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