VARIOUS SHOTS MINESWEEPER AT MISSISSIPPI RIVER DOCK, U.S. FLAG FLOWN UPSIDE DOWN FORM YARDARM, VARIOUS SHOTS PROTESTERS ON SHIP, SHIP GUNS, BRIDGE AND SO FORTH HANDWRITTEN SIGN ON RAIL SAYING PEOPLE SHIP HO BINH, LEADER OF PROTESTERS EXPLAINING REASON FOR ACTION.




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JOHN AUBLE
ED NOTE-THE SHIP LOOKS TO ALL EFFECT OF BEING ACTUALLY OPERATIONAL AND STILL UNDER COMMISSIONS.

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Background: TEN ANTI-WAR DEMONSTRATORS IN ST. LOUIS TOOK OVER A FORMER NAVY MINESWEEPER ON FRIDAY TO PROTEST THE MINING OF HAIPHONG AND OTHER NORTH VIETNAMESE PORTS. THE SHIP, A VETERAN OF THE WORLD WAR TWO BATTLE IN THE PACIFIC, IS INOPERABLE AND IS RUN PRIVATELY AS A TOURISTS ATTRACTION.