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Island Navy Men Guard Beachfront Life on Conson Island
On Conson Island off South Vietnam the U S Coast Guard station and a U S Navy electronics unit shelter staff sergeant William P Kirkhoff and eleven other Americans. Kirkhoff runs a beachside rest and recreation setup for visiting personnel while drawing a small living allowance and making monthly trips to Saigon. The island houses a lonely outpost with a 625 foot Coast Guard mast and no civilian population since 1936 under French evacuation.
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Bowson Island
South Vietnam
Billy Kirkhoff
United States
Anny
William P. Kirkhoff
Front Royal
Kirkhoff
U.S
South Yuam
Conson
U.S. Coast Guard
Navy
Anther