Memories of Vietnam

 Wednesday 17th December 2025

Here is my latest model completion:

The US Navy PBR Patrol Boat (Pibber) as used in theVietnam War:  1955 -1975 - wow! I had forgotten that it lasted for twenty years. Looks like Venezuela may be next?

More detail from Wiki is shown below, and for more detailed technical information Wiki has it all if you search,

The background scenery was made from a piece of clear acrylic Perspex with a photo pasted on and backlit with a small LED light running on a 2 x AA battery pack with switch to represent the sun shining low through the jungle. 

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Dawn Patrol - Vietnam

Patrol Boat, River / PBR or Pibber, is the United States Navy designation for a small rigid-hulled patrol boat used in the Vietnam War from March 1966 until 1975. They were deployed in a force that grew to 250 boats, the most common craft in the River Patrol Force, Task Force 116, and were used to stop and search river traffic in areas such as the Mekong Delta, the Rung Sat Special Zone, the Saigon River and in I Corps, in the area assigned to Task Force Clearwater, in an attempt to disrupt weapons shipments. In this role, they frequently became involved in firefights with enemy soldiers on boats and on the shore, were used to insert and extract Navy SEAL teams, and were employed by the United States Army's 458th Transportation Company, known as the 458th Sea Tigers.