Marvin Shields (FF 1066) - Naval Cruise Book

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R 010007Z OCT 80 FM USDAO CANBERRA AS BT UNCLAS SUBJ: WHYALLA PORT VISIT REF: A. MAYOR OF WHYALLA LTR TO US EM- BASSY DTD 23 SEP 80 1. THE TEXT OF REF A IS QUOTED FOR YOUR INFORMATION: I AM WRITING TO THANK YOUR OFFICE AND THE OFFICERS AND CREW OF THE USS MAR- VIN SHIELDS ON THE RECENT VISIT TO WHYALLA BY THAT SHIP. THE VISIT WAS THE FIRST BY AN AMERICAN WAR SHIP TO WHYALLA AND THE CITY WAS PROUD AND HONORED TO BE HOST TO THE OFFICERS AND CREW. THE PEOPLE OF WHYALLA WHO TURNED OUT IN THEIR THOUSANDS TO SEE THE SHIP AND TO ATTEND FUNCTIONS WHERE THE OFFI- CERS AND SAILORS WERE PRESENT THROUGHLY ENJOYED YOUR VISIT. I SINCERELY BELIEVE THAT A MUCH GREAT- ER AWARENESS OF THE UNITED STATES AND ITS PEOPLE WAS CREATED BY THE VISIT AND THE GENUINE WARMTH GENERATED BY THE EXCHANGE OF GREETINGS BETWEEN THE PEOPLE OF WHYALLA AND THE OFFICERS AND CREW OF THE SHIP WILL BE REMEM- BERED IN WHYALLA FOR A LONG TIME. I ALSO HOPE THAT THE VISITORS GAINED ADDITION- AL INSIGHT INTO OUR COUNTRY. YOURS SINCERELY AILEEN C. EKBLOM, OBE MAYOR OF WHYALLA 2. ORIG ADDS APPRECIATION AND THANKS TO MARVIN SHIELDS FOR THE FINE PORT VIS- IT AND GOOD WILL CREATED DURING YOYR VISIT. BT

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AUSTRALIA U88 MARVIN SHIELDS DEPLOYED FOR THE SOUTHERN PA- CIFIC ON • AUGUST. THE PORTS-OF-CALL IN AUSTRALIA IN- CLUDE: QERALDTON. FREMANTLE PERTH. WHYALLA. BURNIE TASMANIA. AND MELBOURNE. UPON ARRIVING AT AND DE- PARTURE FROM PORT, THE CREW MANNED THE RAIL (BE- LOW). THE HRST PORT WAS GERALDTON. WESTERN AUSTRA- LIA. A SMALL HSHING TOWN (BELOW LOWER). PICTURESQUE SEASCAPES WERE ALWAYS ON HAND (ABOVE RIGHT). MEL- BOURNE. THE LAST PORT IN AUSTRALIA. IS THE SECOND LARGEST CITY (LOWER RIGHT). 4 ' i : 4, anuKimi

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■«l v •l! . A , ■ -13 -fl mil W x BHP IRON WORKS IN WHYALLA, SOUTH AUSTRALIA, IS THE MAIN IN- DUSTRY IN TOWN EMPLOYING 56% OF THE WORK FORCE (ABOVE LEFT). THE SIGHTS IN FREMANTLE PERTH WERE NUMEROUS INCLUDING THIS SUNSET (LEFT MIDDLE). ONE OF THE ATTRAC- TIONS OF MELBOURNE WAS KING ' S PARK (LEFT). THE OTHER ATTRAC- TIONS OF MELBOURNE INCLUDE ITS RELIGIOUS EDIFACES (ABOVE). ONE OF THE MAJOR INDUSTRIES OF AUS- TRALIA IS WOOL PRODUCTS (ABOVE UPPER). V4 1