VIETNAM WAR: NAVAL SUPPORT. /nRear Admirals Edwin B. Hooper (left) and Thomas R. Weschler of the U.S. Navy overseeing the Naval Support Activity at Da Nang, South Vietnam, by which ground forces fighting in the country's northernmost provinces were kept supplied, 5 February 1966. In the background is Commander A.E. Boule, Weschler's Deputy Chief of Staff.