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Show Moab Sailor In Vietnamese Waters in Navy (CY.V.'in Au;r. 1R Signalman Sig-nalman Si'iimim .Tamos A. Xchimpf Jr., USN, son of Mr. and Mrs. James A. Sehimpf Rv. of Moah, Utah is- on "Yankee Station" in the Culf of Tonkin off the eoast of North Vietnam, sors aboard the attaek aircraft carrier USS Oriskany. Oris-kany. I lis ship is a unit of the Seventh Fleet's Task Force 77 and is the flagship ct Commander Carrier Division Div-ision Nine. The Oriskany, on her third combat cruise to Vietnam, Viet-nam, launches aircraft on daily bombing raids a-gains a-gains a wide variety of targets in North Vietnam. The carrier recently play ed a major role in providing provid-ing firefighting and medical med-ical assistance to the carrier car-rier USS Forrestal during the latter's disastrous fire in waters off North Vietnam. Viet-nam. The Oriskany provided airlift assistance with her helicopters transporting medical teams and supplies firefighting equipment and food to the stricken car-' car-' rier. |