USCGC Point Cypress
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USCGC Point Cypress was an 82-foot Point-class cutter constructed at the Coast Guard Yard at Curtis Bay, Maryland in 1961 for use as a law enforcement and search and rescue patrol boat. Since the Coas
USCGC Point Cypress (WPB-82326) off An Thoi, November 1968
Heriberto Hernandez
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Heriberto S. "Ed" Hernandez was a fireman in the United States Coast Guard.
USCGC Point Cypress
…tugboat Alyee which was threatened by high seas while pulling four barges from Saigon to Cam Ranh Bay on 16 December 1967. On 5 December 1968, Fireman Heriberto S. "Ed" Hernandez, a crewman of Point Cypress, was killed in action during small boat operations near the Ca Mau Peninsula. He was one of seven Coast Guardsmen killed…
Hernandez leaning on the 13-foot whaler he was manning when he was mortally wounded in 1968.