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Smith, Vernon Charles (Vern/V.C.), RDML USN(Ret).
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Contact Info
Home Town Born in Bay City and raised near Midland, MI
Last Address After his retirement Vern purchased 30 acres and lives with his wife Kathryn in a cabin, the Rear Admiral built, on the James River in Nelson County, Virginia.
Date of Passing Aug 10, 2018
Location of Interment Arlington National Cemetery (VLM) - Arlington, Virginia
Description Joint NATO and SACLANT exercises in the North Atlantic and Norwegian Seas. U
United Effort 82 exercised NATO forces in various tactical situations to improve unit readiness in all warfare areas. Emphasis was placed on
coordinated anti-air and anti-
My Participation in This Battle or Operation
From Month/Year
August / 1982
To Month/Year
September / 1982
Last Updated: Mar 16, 2020
Personal Memories
Memories The 24th MAU left the States on schedule. Since it had returned from its previous January-June 1982 deployment of 29 June, it experienced a short turn-around. The Marines were embarked on the ships of Amphibious Squadron 6, Commodore Vernon C. Smith (Captain, USN) commanding. The Phibron consisted of its flagship, the Inchon (LPH 12), the Shreveport (LPD 12), the Fort Snelling (LSD 30), the La Moure County (LST 1194), and the Sumter (LST 1181). The flotilla headed directly for its commitment, participation in NATO Exercises North Wedding and Bold Guard (East) in Scandinavia.
After the landings in the north, the MAU was scheduled to make port visits in Ireland, Holland, and Portugal before entering the Mediterranean to relive the 32d MAU. However, as the 24th left Lolland, Denmark, it received word that these port visits were cancelled and that it would replace the 32d in Exercise Display Determination, a major NATO exercise on the southern flank of the NATO countries. The MARG steamed south for the Mediterranean, where it came under the operational control of the Sixth Fleet on 30 September.
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