Aircraft from HMAS SYDNEY made strikes on Communist positions in support of United Nations troops at Yonghodo Island, Korea.
HMAS TOBRUK, (destroyer), relieved HMS WHITESAND BAY as gun support ship off Yeung Pyong-do, Korea.
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Aircraft from HMAS SYDNEY made strikes on Communist positions in support of United Nations troops at Yonghodo Island, Korea.
HMAS TOBRUK, (destroyer), relieved HMS WHITESAND BAY as gun support ship off Yeung Pyong-do, Korea.
The painting of HMAS Warramunga reflects a major article in this edition which provides a potted history of the RAN in the Korean War. The images of HMAS Adelaide reference the article about Adelaide’s Boarding party. It was only resourceful action by the ship’s helicopter, directed by the Flight Commander, that enabled the Boarding Party to be safely recovered, thereby averting an international incident.