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<blockquote data-quote="OKNewshawk" data-source="post: 3198530" data-attributes="member: 6592"><p>I just checked mine and I received an Armed Forces Expeditionary Medal and a Navy Expeditionary Medal. I was on the USS Enterprise (CVAN-65) for the 1974-75 cruise. We spent an indeterminate time in the Gulf of Tonkin in the middle of December, 1974* and flew air cover for Operation Frequent Wind, the evacuation of Saigon. For that, we were on station from April 19th, 1975 to May 1st, 1975. I'm not sure whether that makes me a Vietnam vet or a Vietnam-era vet.</p><p></p><p>No, it's an important distinction--every service member that served between 1964 and 1975 served during the Vietnam era, no matter where they served, for nearly all had the potential to be assigned to the theater of war.</p><p></p><p>(*In researching this, the best source I could find was the Naval History and Heritage Command website. The relevant page can be found here: <a href="https://www.history.navy.mil/research/histories/ship-histories/danfs/e/enterprise-cvan-65-viii-1971-1975.html" target="_blank">https://www.history.navy.mil/research/histories/ship-histories/danfs/e/enterprise-cvan-65-viii-1971-1975.html</a>)</p><p>(Edited to clarify timelines.)</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="OKNewshawk, post: 3198530, member: 6592"] I just checked mine and I received an Armed Forces Expeditionary Medal and a Navy Expeditionary Medal. I was on the USS Enterprise (CVAN-65) for the 1974-75 cruise. We spent an indeterminate time in the Gulf of Tonkin in the middle of December, 1974* and flew air cover for Operation Frequent Wind, the evacuation of Saigon. For that, we were on station from April 19th, 1975 to May 1st, 1975. I'm not sure whether that makes me a Vietnam vet or a Vietnam-era vet. No, it's an important distinction--every service member that served between 1964 and 1975 served during the Vietnam era, no matter where they served, for nearly all had the potential to be assigned to the theater of war. (*In researching this, the best source I could find was the Naval History and Heritage Command website. The relevant page can be found here: [URL]https://www.history.navy.mil/research/histories/ship-histories/danfs/e/enterprise-cvan-65-viii-1971-1975.html[/URL]) (Edited to clarify timelines.) [/QUOTE]
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