Presidential Unit Citation Purple Heart
Combat Action Korean Campaign United Nations Navy Occupation Nat'l Defense Korean War Medal American Defense Asistic Pacific
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Presidential Unit Citation Purple Heart Combat Action Korean Campaign United Nations Navy Occupation Nat'l Defense Korean War Medal American Defense Asistic Pacific
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Pirate's
Final Voyage
On October 12, 1950 during sweeping operations between the Islands of Sin-Do in Wanson Harbor Korea, the Pirate struck a mine at approximately 12:01 PM and went down within a four minute period.
The following photos
were taken by SN G.D. Carpenter , with his own camera,
while on board the
USS Redhead AMS-34 and following behind the USS Pirate.
Photos were taken at
approximately one minute intervals
Photograph Number
four shows enemy artillery (from the beach) firing on survivors in the
water
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