USS HECTOR AR-7 1975 CRUISE BOOK Operation New Life Vietnamese Refugees

Description: USS HECTOR AR-7 1975 WESTPAC CRUISE BOOK. [Operation New Life] [Vietnamese Refugees] [Guam] [U.S. NAVY 200th Birthday].Author: AR-7 Cruise Book Staff.Publication: Tiffany Publishing Company : San Diego, CA .Edition: 1975 [First Edition]. [Original].Binding: Hardcover.Condition: Square and tight. Very good plus condition. No marks. Very minor rubbing on corners and top/bottom of the spine . No loose, missing or cutout pages. Clean interior pages. Well illustrated with clear and sharp photos. Inside the front and back cover's which was part of the book publication was a certificate celebrating the U.S. NAVY's, 200th birthday from 1775 to 1975. The certificate style inside the front cover is printed with the crew-member's name and rank. The date is 13th October 1975 and signed by the ship's Captain. The name of this crew-member is also on the first blank page located in the upper left corner. Description: 11-1/4 x 8-3/4". Unpaginated . Easily identified names in the Division Photos. Here is a record of the crew of the USS HECTOR . It is a story of who they were and where they went. From 23 April 1975 thru 13 May 1975 the USS HECTOR was involved in OPERATION NEW LIFE."Operation New Life (23 April – 1 November 1975) was the care and processing on Guam of Vietnamese refugees evacuated from Saigon in the closing days of the Vietnam War. More than 111,000 of the evacuated 130,000 Vietnamese refugees were transported to Guam where they were housed in tent cities for a few weeks while being processed for resettlement. The great majority of the refugees were resettled in the United States." Thank you for your interest in this item. Please contact for international shipping concerns. This Cruise Book will be packaged and shipped in a new box. I do not use recycled boxes, kraft or bubble mailers for these scarce Books.

Price: 350 USD

Location: Glen, New Hampshire

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