Manatee (AO 58) - Naval Cruise Book

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The pier crowd waits for the brow to be lowered. HHdHH ||l . . ; Vl HHS IMf irryl I HHP Pr - w I i hI ' S (ig H Hj fSy H LJ r 1 hfl |;. vjH l l Families are reunited after a seven month separation. Families jjour aboard as the final lines are secured. So the cruise came to an end, at the same pier where it began. Over the seven months the MANA- TEE and her crew had performed her mission with efficiency and dedication earning the praise of her WESTPAC Operational Commander: In a group where outstanding performance is the expected norm and is an everyday occurrence, MANATEE has distin- guished herself by an exemplary one. S D. R. WILHITE Commander Task Group 73.5 With arrival the MANATEE entered a period of rest and overhaul. Before the next cruise would begin, less than a third of those who began this cruise would be aboard. For the MANATEE, WESTPAC 1968 was over. FN FLOCK is intrt)duced to his dauKbli- ' r Suzanne, born 8 September 1968 by his wife Sandra.

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STAFF NOT PICTURED; YN;5 GONZALES DP3 REICHMUTH SN CRUMMETT PHOTOGRAPHER PN3 M. A. GOMBERG LTJG S. J. MILTON CO-EDITORS ENS C. C. CALKINS SA GARCIA SA UNDEREINER com ' FN:! D. C. TERRY SN L. L. POLLARO