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Veteran of 26 Years Guides Firing of Battleship Guns
On the USS New Jersey off Vietnam, master chief Robert Hawkins commands the main battery plotting room while fire control technician Henry Robidoux sets coordinates for 16 inch guns. The pair coordinate target data, triggers, and safety checks as shells blast toward enemy bunkers 18 miles away.
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George Esper
New Jersey
Vietnam
Trigger
Henry Robidoux
Robidoux
Rebidoux
Robert Hawkins
Hawkins
Demilitarized Zone
Norfolk, Va
Edward Hawkins
Chillicothe
Ohio