Departure Letters sent to family of the USS Newport News (CA-148) Crew

Letters provided by Shipmate Al Siegel. These letters were sent to his family upon his departure for war in 1967
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Map and Newspaper clippings from Shipmate Al Siegel

"I found these in a box of stuff I had sent to my folks during Westpac! Its from late 1967 and has my notes as to where we operated. I also found some articles that talk about what we were doing. If you click on the individual article you can see it better."