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In reply to the discussion: Tell us some famous event an ancestor of yours was involved in? My grandfather found [View all]YankeyMCC
(8,401 posts)56. USS Maddox
My Dad was one of the sonar men aboard the Maddox during Gulf of Tonkin Incident
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gulf_of_Tonkin_Incident
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