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Contact Info
Home Town Belzoni
Last Address Beaumont, Texas
Date of Passing Oct 03, 2010
Location of Interment Forest Lawn Cemetery - Beaumont, Texas
Commander Airborne Early Warning Wing Pacific
(COMAEWWINGPAC)
1974 - 1975
Dixie Station, South Vietnam
From Month/Year
May / 1965
To Month/Year
August / 1966
Description Dixie Station was established in the South China Sea off the Mekong Delta May 15, 1965 to August 3, 1966 as a single-carrier counterpart to the multi-carrier Yankee Station, which was located further north near the mouth of the Gulf of Tonkin and was responsible for strikes on North Vietnamese targets.
My Participation in This Battle or Operation
From Month/Year
May / 1965
To Month/Year
August / 1966
Last Updated: Mar 16, 2020
Personal Memories
Memories Ticonderoga's winter deployment of 1965 and 1966 was her first total combat tour of duty during American involvement in the Vietnam War. During her six months in the Far East, the carrier spent a total of 116 days in air operations off the coast of Vietnam dividing her time almost evenly between "Dixie" and "Yankee Stations", the carrier operating areas off South and North Vietnam, respectively. Her air group delivered over 8,000 tons (7,200 tonnes) of ordnance in more than 10,000 combat sorties, with a loss of 16 planes, but only 5 pilots.