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Riverboat rekindles perilous memories for Vietnam War veterans.

ELIZABETH CITY, N.C.

Bill Ferguson steered a Vietnam War riverboat up the Pasquotank River.
The scene was strikingly similar to his experience nearly 50 years ago when he went around the Mekong Delta searching for the enemy.

Only instead of dodging bullets or fretting about what waited around the next bend, Ferguson, 74, casually took in the setting. (Read More…)

https://pilotonline.com/news/military/riverboat-rekindles-perilous-memories-for-vietnam-war-vets/article_10b9e2ae-6602-5456-82af-7cf59049cf53.html

Fitting Out For The Joint Army, Navy Vietnam PBR Veterans Reunion in Hampton, VA

Sunday evening , Sept 20, 2015, at the Pelican Marina, Elizabeth City, North Carolina. PBR’s 721 and 6927 are all set to get underway at 08:00 Monday morning!  Gamewardens, MMCS, Bill Ferguson and his wife Nancye stopped by for some refreshments and to wish us a safe journey!

The following are current pics taken this evening!

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Fitting out for the joint #USArmy, #USNavy Vietnam PBR veterans reunion in Hampton, Virginia

Fitting out for the joint #USArmy, #USNavy Vietnam PBR veterans reunion in Hampton, Virginia

Fitting out for the joint #USArmy, #USNavy Vietnam PBR veterans reunion in Hampton, Virginia

Fitting out for the joint #USArmy, #USNavy Vietnam PBR veterans reunion in Hampton, Virginia

Dave Pizzoferrato of PBR 6927

Two Boat Patrol

Dave Pizzoferrato of PBR 6927

Today marks a small historical event not seen in some time here on the East Coast,  when there will be two (2) PBR’s on the same river! 🙂  Dave Pizzoferrato  is trailering his PBR 6927 down here from Richmond, Ohio to the Pelican Marina here in Elizabeth City, NC today, to join up with PBR 721 on the Pasquotank River.

Two Boat Patrol: Dave Pizzoferrato’s PBR 6927 leading PBR 721 into the Deep Creek lock at the head of the Dismal Swamp Canal.

Two Boat Patrol, Hampton, VA. PBR 721 and PBR 6927 on the water together, and just before historic joint #USNavy and #USArmy PBR Veterans reunion.

Two Boat Patrol, Hampton, VA. PBR 721 and PBR 6927 on the water together, and just before historic joint #USNavy and #USArmy PBR Veterans reunion.

Monday we will be taking both boats from Elizabeth City, NC. up through the Dismal swamp canal to the Elizabeth river, then past the Portsmouth Naval shipyard and the Norfolk Naval base,  to the Crown Plaza hotel in Hampton, Virginia for our Joint US Army and US Navy, PBR combat crewman reunion!

Dave and I have been working on the event for over a year, not only for the reunion , but to get our two PBR’s in the water on the same river!  I hope we will get some good pictures of the event to pass on to you all, next weekend perhaps!