Three crew members of Taiwanese general cargo ship Vigor SW were poisoned by hydrogen sulfide gas on Apr 11 at Son Duong port, Vietnam, Gulf of Tonkin.
Ships 8004 and 8003 of the Vietnam Coast Guard left Dinh Vu port in Hai Phong city on April 9 afternoon for a joint patrol with the China Coast Guard in the waters adjacent to the Gulf of Tonkin demarcation line.
Hours upon hours of first abusing him, then pumping him for military information, had produced nothing but a nasty nickname for the young American sailor.
The day after the U.S. upped its participation in the Vietnam War, New Bedford enjoyed a simpler battle in the form of a bubble gum bubble blowing contest.