Boatswain's Mate 1ST Class (BM1) Rich Lee plays with a Vietnamese child aboard the combat stores ship USS SAN JOSE (AFS 7). The child is one of 55 refugees rescued from a fishing boat and brought aboard the SAN JOSE

Hospital Corpsman 3rd Class (HM3) Marc L. Tourville holds a Vietnamese child as he stands with some of the 55 refugees rescued from a fishing boat and brought aboard the combat stores ship USS SAN JOSE (AFS 7)

A Vietnamese child eats after being rescued from a fishing boat by the combat stores ship USS SAN JOSE (AFS 7). Fifty-five refugees were rescued from the boat

PETTY Officer 1ST Class (PO1) Tupuola stands with some of the 55 Vietnamese refugees rescued from a fishing boat and brought aboard the combat stores ship USS SAN JOSE (AFS 7)

A chief boatswain's mate from the combat stores ship USS SAN JOSE (AFS-7) helps Vietnamese refugees maneuver their fishing boat alongside the ship. Fifty-five refugees were rescued by the SAN JOSE

CHIEF MASTER-at-Arms James Brown talks to some of the 55 Vietnamese refugees rescued from a fishing boat and brought aboard the combat stores ship USS SAN JOSE (AFS 7)

Hospital Corpsman 3rd Class (HM3) Marc Tourville stands with his arms around four of the 55 Vietnamese refugees rescued from a fishing boat by the combat stores ship USS SAN JOSE (AFS 7)

Boatswain's Mate 1ST Class (BM1) Rich Lee plays with a Vietnamese child aboard the combat stores ship USS SAN JOSE (AFS 7). The child is one of 55 refugees rescued from a fishing boat and brought aboard the SAN JOSE

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The original finding aid described this photograph as:

Base: USS San Jose (AFS 7)

Country: South China Sea

Scene Camera Operator: PH1 Bob Weissleder

Release Status: Released to Public
Combined Military Service Digital Photographic Files