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Show SERVING ON DESTROYER Seaman Apprentis William A. Bailey, USX, son of Mr. and Mrs. Richard K. Bailey of Green River, participated in a firing mission against the enemy traffic south of Dong Hoi w hile serving aboard the destroyer USS Mansfield off the coast of Vietnam. During the mission the Mansfield suppressed enemy coastal batteries while the guided missile destroyer US3 Hoel shelled the primary target. tar-get. The Mansfield was cred.i-ed cred.i-ed with starting a secondary fire at one of the enemy coastal coa-stal defense sites. Later the same day the Mansfield fired on 13 other enemy coastal defense sites around the Yon River north of Dong Hoi. |