FIRE FOR EFFECT: USS Stoddard and the U.S. Navy's First Shots of the Vietnam War

A radar and destroyerman pays homage to his Vietnam War naval service in this highly personable testimony spanning his time on the USS Stoddard--the first U.S. naval vessel to fire in the Vietnam War, as well as being the first Da Nang harbor defense ship-- the USS McDermut, and the USS Samuel N. Moore. Illus.