Meet the PBR! Not Pabst Blue Ribbon but "Patrol Boat, River" Today is Vietnam War Veterans Day. The US Army just got a Vietnam Era Gunboat to put on display at one of their museums. This is much different than the boats we see today. Big Salute and thank you to all of our Vietnam Veterans. | Special Warfare Airmen

US Navy BMC James Williams: Medal of Honor Recipient Vietnam War Medal of Honor Citation: For conspicuous gallantry and intrepidity at the risk of his life above and beyond the call of duty. PO1c. Williams was serving as boat captain and patrol officer aboard River Patrol Boat (PBR) 105 accompanied by another patrol boat when the patrol was suddenly taken under fire by two enemy sampans. PO1c. Williams immediately ordered the fire returned, killing the crew of one enemy boat and causing the othe

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Engines rumble to life as the river patrol boat slips free from the dock, its wake breaking the still water. Men settle into their stations, eyes scanning the horizon. Another mission begins—out there in the unknown. #VietnamWar #PBR #BrownWaterNavy #RiverPatrol #MilitaryHistory | Ghosts of the Battlefield

Manning the guns of a Navy Patrol Boat (PBR) — river warriors who carried the fight through Vietnam’s deadly waterways. 🇺🇸 #VietnamWar #PBR #NavyPatrol #AmericanValor #BrothersInArms #neverforget | Lily's