Navy Vet Apparel for Brown Water Sailors : Brown Water Unit Patches : LCM - Mike Boat
The LCM-8 ("Mike Boat") is a river boat and mechanized landing craft used by the United States Navy and Army during the Vietnam War and subsequent operations. A modified version, the Zippo boat, carries flamethrowers. Another modified version, the LCM-8 Mod 2 was used to fulfill command, personnel, salvage, and firefighting functions. There is also another version with an aluminum hull.