"A Tin Can Named Mansfield: A History of the USS Mansfield (DD728)."

There were not many copies of this work published and feel this is a way as many people as possible can view this comprehensive history of our ship.

Richard A. Bowman enlisted in the Navy, March 1948. His shipboard assignment to the Mansfield was from the summer of 1948 until late 1950. He served two tours of duty in the Korean War. First aboard the Mansfield, and then reassignment to the USS Tortuga (LSD-26), which had been mobilized and recommissioned from the mothball fleet. Tortuga deployed to Korea via Japan from December 1950 until March 1952. He was honorably discharged from the Navy at San Francisco, CA, 29 October 1952, a Quartermaster Second Class Petty Officer, having served four years, seven months and six days.

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If you think you may be eligible for the Korean War Service Medal (KWSM), you can get more info here.

For information on The Sitting Duck Squadron at Inchon, Korea Presidential Unit Citation Project please follow this link .

Shipmates, Dee Cagle has started a group on MSN Groups for Mansfield shipmates, family and friends.
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MANSFIELD Shipmates and fellow Vietnam veterans: Please follow the link below to see how I received my claim from the VA for Type II diabetes under the Agent Orange Umbrella. If you were aboard the Mansfield November/December 1965 when we went up the Saigon River and anchored while giving support fire, and are now sick, you might be covered through the VA for compensation and treatment. Go here for information and updates, including information on AO legislation and helpful internet resources.

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MANSFIELD Shipmates and fellow Vietnam veterans:
Please follow the link below to see how I received my claim from the VA for Type II diabetes under the Agent Orange Umbrella. If you were aboard the Mansfield November/December 1965 when we went up the Saigon River and anchored while giving support fire, and are now sick, you might be covered through the VA for compensation and treatment.

Go here for information and updates, including information on AO legislation and helpful internet resources.


I received an email today, 5 April 2008 from Rocky Rankin, former Australian Navy and Vietnam Vet. Rocky and I have been corresponding for many years and he has asked me to pass along information about this website to viewers of my webpage. I do so happily. [Email Message] "This website is about the work my fellow member of the Vietnam Veterans Motorcycle Club does when he can get over to Cambodia. He pays for a lot of his equipment out of his own pocket as well as paying his own way to get there and while he is there. We have tried to give him money towards his expenses but he just hands it on to the people he is working for in the country. The website explains it rather well and he has a link for donations. Could you please pass this site around so that people can get to know about his work and support him with donations?" Whether you can help with donations or by linking this site (http://members.optusnet.com.au/glaust/index-1.htm) from your website or blog or just telling others about its existence, please do so. Thank you for any help you can give. - Karl Kristiansen

I received an email today, 5 April 2008 from Rocky Rankin, former Australian Navy and Vietnam Vet. Rocky and I have been corresponding for many years and he has asked me to pass along information about this website to viewers of my webpage. I do so happily.
[Email Message] "This website is about the work my fellow member of the Vietnam Veterans Motorcycle Club does when he can get over to Cambodia. He pays for a lot of his equipment out of his own pocket as well as paying his own way to get there and while he is there. We have tried to give him money towards his expenses but he just hands it on to the people he is working for in the country. The website explains it rather well and he has a link for donations. Could you please pass this site around so that people can get to know about his work and support him with donations?"
Whether you can help with donations or by linking this site (http://members.optusnet.com.au/glaust/index-1.htm) from your website or blog or just telling others about its existence, please do so. Thank you for any help you can give. - Karl Kristiansen

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