USS Knox (DE/FF
1052) Reunion Association
News Archive
- Did you participate
in Operation Frequent Wind?
(03 JAN 2007)
A provision in the 2003
Defense Authorization Act allows veterans of Operation
Frequent Wind to swap their Armed Forces Expeditionary Medal (AFEM)
for a Vietnam Service Medal. U.S. active-duty troops who
participated in the April 29-30, 1975, operation to evacuate
the South Vietnamese capitol of Saigon originally earned the
AFEM. Sec. 542 of the 2003 Act (Public Law 107-314) authorizes
the conversion. If you need an electronic copy of the 2003
Defense Authorization Act (a BIG 6MB PDF file)
email me. Thanks
to Roy Strolin for this information.
- Sayonara,
Knox... Article from the Pacific Stars & Stripes
newspaper reporting the
departure of USS Knox and USS Lockwood (FF-1094) from Yokosuka
on July 17, 1988.
PDF,
JPG.
(Note: These are very
large files, be patient while they download. PDF
version requires Adobe Reader, available for free download
here. Article provided by Mark Lewis, Knox 84-86)
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