The PBR, and potentially four more modern Navy combat boats, will dock just north of the Port of Burlington at about 10 a.m., with a meet-and-greet to begin at about noon.

In the thick of the Mekong Delta in 1966, two U.S. Navy Patrol Boat Riverines (PBRs) raced into an ambush, caught in a deadly crossfire from enemy boats hidden along the jungle-cloaked riverbanks.

"I went to boot camp in October of 1965 and there was kind of a rush to push us through at that time because of the Vietnam ...