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Article: NAVSUPPACT DaNang ... the story that will never be told: this story is reprinted from the Navy Supply Corps Newsletter, October 1966.(From Newsletters past ...)(Naval Support Activity; Da Nang, Vietnam)(Reprint)
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- Navy Supply Corps Newsletter
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- January 1, 2009
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The complete story of the first year of Naval Support Activity, DaNang will probably never be told because no one has had time to write it. However, some of what has been going on here should be of interest to the Supply Corps Officers as they have played a major role in the remarkable accomplishments in DaNang.
In April 1965, CINCPAC tasked CINPACFLT with the operation of ports, beaches, and depots and with the logistic support of all U.S. and Free World Military Assistance Forces in the I Corps Tactical Zone--stretching from Quang Ngai in the South to the Demilitarized Zone in the North. The performance of this mission was initially assigned in part to ...