Photo:  USCG photo. Division 11 of Coast Guard Squadron One departs Subic Bay Naval Base for Vietnam, 17 July 1965. USCGC Point Marone (WPB-82331) is in foreground.

Today is the 48th anniversary of the initiation of Operation Market Time, an experience that would mark a generation of Coast Guard Cuttermen, and provides a template for the sort of operations the Coast Guard might be involved in the future. There is a good history of the Coast Guard’s role in the operation here.