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PATROL SQUADRON 47
(VP-47)GOLDEN SWORDSMEN
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VP-47 Deployments - Major Events
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Month | Year | to | Month | Year | Deployment / Event |
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OCT | 1959 | - | APR | 1960 | West Pac |
APR | 1962 | - | JUN | 1962 | Alaska |
AUG | 1964 | - | MAR | 1965 | Sangley Point - ops in Okinawa Japan Korea P. I. Vietnam |
DEC | 1965 | - | JUN | 1966 | West Pac-Viet Nam |
JAN | 1966 | - | JAN | 1970 | West Pac |
JAN | 1968 | - | JAN | 1969 | West Pac-Viet Nam |
OCT | 1968 | - | MAR | 1969 | West Pac-Viet Nam |
NOV | 1968 | - | MAR | 1969 | West Pac-Viet Nam |
NOV | 1969 | - | MAY | 1970 | West Pac-Viet Nam |
JAN | 1970 | - | JUL | 1970 | West Pac-Viet Nam |
JAN | 1970 | - | JUL | 1970 | Naha Okinawa - Cam Rahn Bay Viet-Nam |
JUL | 1971 | - | DEC | 1971 | Alaska |
JAN | 1973 | - | JUN | 1973 | Alaska |
JUL | 1975 | - | Shellback Initiation - 7 JUL 1975 - Pacific Ocean | ||
JAN | 1976 | - | JUN | 1976 | West Pac |
JUL | 1977 | - | JAN | 1978 | Deployed to Misawa Air Force Base Japan |
DEC | 1978 | - | JUN | 1979 | Mediterranean-Indian Ocean |
JAN | 1981 | - | JUN | 1981 | West Pac |
JAN | 1981 | - | Shellback Initiation - 7 JAN 1981 - Pacific Ocean | ||
MAY | 1982 | - | DEC | 1982 | West Pac-Indian Ocean |
AUG | 1984 | - | FEB | 1985 | West Pac |
JAN | 1986 | - | JUL | 1986 | West Pac-Indian Ocean |
AUG | 1997 | - | Shellback Initiation - 1 AUG 1997 - Pacific Ocean |