A PBR crewman mans his twin air-cooled .50-caliber machine gun mount as his craft patrols the Vung Tau River in Vietnam in April 1966. Every PBR ran with a crew of four: one captain, a gunner, an ...

PARK CITY, Kan. (KSNW) — Like his father and grandfather before him, Max Slieter would join the U.S. Army when he was 18 years old. Courtesy: Max Slieter It was March 1967, and with the Vietnam ...

DE SOTO — Life along the Mississippi River is considerably more peaceful for Gerald “Joe ... After Vietnam, ... He was in charge of patrols by groups of two to 10 PBR (Patrol Boat, River) ...

On the My Tho river, South Vietnam, Oct. 14, 1968: Seaman and gunner Stephen Artz is silhouetted sitting atop a U.S. Navy patrol boat. Artz was part of a flame river patrol boat patrolling the My ...