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Contact Info
Home Town Boscobel, WI
Last Address Boscobel, WI
Date of Passing Aug 10, 2010
Location of Interment Boscobel Cemetery - Boscbel, Wisconsin
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Last Known Activity:
John L. "Fuzzy" Elliott, age 61 of Boscobel, passed away on Tuesday August 10, 2010 at the Boscobel Area HealthCare in Boscobel. He was born on December 4, 1948 in Boscobel Wisconsin. John worked for Wick Homes for over 35 years. He was also a Vietnam Veteran. He was preceded in death by his parents. Burial in the Boscobel Cemetery. Military services conducted by the Blake-Semrad American Legion Post # 134 and the Gilbertson-Pitzer post 10393 both of Boscobel.
Vietnam War/Tet 69 Counteroffensive Campaign
From Month/Year
February / 1969
To Month/Year
June / 1969
Description This Campaign period was from 23 February to 8 June 1969. The overall composition of the SEALORDS task force in South Vietnam reflected the growing role of the Vietnamese Navy in the war. The newly elected administration of President Richard M. Nixon formally adopted as U.S. policy the Vietnamization program early in 1969.
The naval part of that process, termed ACTOV (Accelerated Turnover to the Vietnamese), embodied the incremental transfer to Vietnam of NAVFORV's river and coastal combatant fleet and the logistic support establishment. ACTOV was more than the provision of material, however, for the Vietnamese Navy needed training in the operation, maintenance, and repair of the U.S. equipment and in the efficient functioning of the supply system. Leadership skills at all command levels required improvement as did the general morale of naval personnel before the Vietnamese Navy would be able to fight on alone.
Spearheaded by the 564 officers and men of the Naval Advisory Group early in 1969, the U.S. Navy integrated Vietnamese sailors into the crews of American ships and craft. When sufficiently trained, the Vietnamese bluejackets and officers relieved their American counterparts, who then rotated back to the United States. As entire units came under Vietnamese Navy command, control of the various SEALORDS operations passed to that naval service as well.
