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English: The U.S. Navy heavy cruiser USS Newport News (CA-148) firing on North Vietnamese positions on Cồn Cỏ Island (Tiger island) off Cửa Việt, Vietnam, 27 June 1972. She supported a landing of of South Vietnamese Marines.
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Source U.S. Navy photo USN 1151898 in Charles D. Melson, Curtis G. Arnold: U.S. Marines in Vietnam: The war that would not end 1971-1973./(PDF) History and Museums Division, United States Marine Corps, Washington D.C. (USA), 1991. p. 200.
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