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Cargo being offloaded from LARC-5 onto beach in Qui Nhon
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Cargo being offloaded from LARC-5 onto beach in Qui Nhon

On 5 June 1965, 50 LARC-5 (Lighter Amphibious Resupply Cargo) 5 ton self propelled amphibious lighters made a seven mile trip to shore from the USNS Comet. The first of this type vehicle to be used in southeast Asia. It will be utilized by the 344th Amphibious Transportation Company Qui Nhon to transport personnel, cargo and supplies from ship to supply point direct. Cargo being offloaded from LARC-5 on beach area. LARC-5's were to transport cargo from USNS Comet to beach. NARA 111-CCV-118-CC30763

Date
1965-06-05
Photographer / author
SSG Lyle V. Boggess
Archive
Wikimedia Commons
Type
image
Original size
1,445 × 1,125 pixels

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"Cargo being offloaded from LARC-5 onto beach in Qui Nhon" (1965-06-05). SSG Lyle V. Boggess, via Wikimedia Commons. Public domain. https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Cargo_being_offloaded_from_LARC-5_onto_beach_in_Qui_Nhon.jpg

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