Tuhia he tomokanga mo tenei pene - I te wa i tukuna ai, ko nga kaitirotiro 24 o te US Navy i Vietnam he toharite mo te 10 taranata o te patu patu, he roa, e rua nga kurupae, e whakahaeretia ana e nga miihini diesel 64NH9 e rua, (te tere nui), whanui, whakatere, me te tikanga e 11 nga kaimahi. I te hinganga o Vietnam ki te Tonga
I te 30 o Paenga-whāwhā 1975, ka hinga katoa ngā kaitirotiro ki ngā ringa o te hoariri; kotahi anake te mea i ora, he kaitirotiro whakangungu, kāore anō kia wehe atu i te US. "Training" monitor # C-18 kei te whakaatuhia, me tetahi Swift Boat me tetahi PBR i te US Naval Amphibious Base i Coronado, California.