Show ON VI VIETNAM MINESWEEPER Fireman Robert W Bowden son of Mr 11 and Mrs Claude W Bowden of Box Rt 1 Vernal is serving aboard the coastal mine sweeper I Esteem in the Western Pacific Ills ship is taking part in the Market Time patrol along the coast of South Vietnam Market Time patrols are designed to stop the flow of weapons and supplies by the enemy into South Sculls Vietnam via junks and sampans While in the Western Pacific the Esteem will also conduct mine sweeps to clear snag mag moored and acoustic mines from the coastal waters |