If you have been denied SC for any AO diseases because the VA said you weren’t in country or because of the Haas ruling on blue water Navy, see this site to see if you ship was designated as an exception to the rule. The list is very extensive and you may hit the jackpot. Besides, nobody is going to convince me every squid sailed over on the SS Minnow. I’m betting a bunch flew over and landed at the busiest airpatch in the world at that time and took surface transportation to the nearest port city after a short stay down in Cholon.