Monrovia (APA 31) - Naval Cruise Book

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marked troops despite hectic: ' ' fi I in tl X X 4-1 , .e jan E' 1, .sf 1 ! -' 54411 1 sw A .i 1 , .J-M -4 16 , ,ff-4'J-rl 1 J Q Q G 1' 5 4, M. Q , . 1, -'Cf j 'f.' i ,ia .J--J U.S.S. MONROVIA . . . . , . ' - ' -told lrlsit mission: The U.S.S. Monrovia is :tn ztttztck trztnspott, -11111 .lb N11111- 11-11' '1 W0 ' lits . i . . , . - - 1 and -1etOI1d vt, transporting troops and colnbztt equipment from rt-an :nuts to .u coxnlmt lone, 1 incling them in an assault upon :in enemy-hclcl Int-nth, V l ed 1 , , . Vi I I t . . - - X115 t'UIllH15Sr1t0l1 The Monrovias naval career begun in Dutlnlitt ol ISHZ. uhtn slit 1 I Yixm-oe ' 1 ' i' i 'i tl ml'tt' 1 ol i'l'CNl11C111 11111161 ii' i I nnowm, X'llQ,lIll.l,11f 111 1I 1 1 - I I I em .. . . . . 1 .- - I N- . 'V - 1 ' ng QL 1117- ' ir hrst combat experience was in the inversion ol 511111. 111111118 11111111 Sm 1 and nznned alter the townshi J ot' Tvlf Ht - . . , 1 . 1- 1 m-IJ1tt-.MOH we ttltjlt :intl heavy enemy 11-sistztticc-. Intel she mm - p. , , , . , . 1 gnu, I6 bitter contests at Tarltwzt, It-.t'pqgtItif1n, Saipan, l.c-ytt-, C-nann, l.ulon, .intl Oktn 1 Alter Post-war occupation nervite in the Fan' lizist sho l't'llIl'llCti to the U1111f1'l Mdies tlecorzited with more bzittie stars than stairs :mtl was rctirt-tl to tht-1not.I1lmll Heel. With the outbreak of the Korean 1Nar the Monrovia was recommissioned and bf1'i1111e- a part of the :unphibions forcefs ot the 113. Atlantic. I-ICU. Ul,gmtillg Ott! of Norfolk. Xttgtttie, She has P2'1i1if'1l1f1tf-:tt in numerous tiunining' excrtiacs in the Ciurilmlzczui and Meditmranieztn hens, the North .fXtlznitic', and :timing tht cus K ., ' 71 stern roast of thc- l1nitt-tl States. On 3.Igt1'Cl12tl H156 fl.. ..,e - - , , . f . , . ,'- K 5 I ,rCiiC'ld cu Y , H Ihtplnp lor ,Il'2lllSPilliJRUl1 Iwo, the AIUIIIOXIA leit N ok tells 111. North tmolizm, on her way to the Mcditcrruncrzni Scan lor the Iitth time. lhis 171111 the story nt that rrnisc, 2

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.S.S. MDN ROVIA APA'31 v . gn- -'rl 1' fr I l 'Q I V' 1 X , :' -iF!!'j ' L -I fri V 'f'Lf ' 1 Ig , A -'HID 'ffm .Q5 ':- H Ill tv T. ' 1 AQ 1- . Tl - V7-5 A -- M if 5 5 ip i, ...f r. ,lf-fr ' Jn-1-J ' ,lrfzx , I M355 ' 1 Q ii .I ' J fl MEDITERRANEAN CRUISE 1 9 5 6 '-:T Ex? ,fir

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A 55-X . V L1 . , E , C r ,---v I fin' 1. . . -. ,.,. . CI,Xl l'.tXlN l R.XNli CL. Xfllilzll, l NN. t.Xl'l.XlN Rl-,X li. l,ll ll,l',, ll. I, l Q Clatptatiu ,Xtlser .tssuuivtl touuu.uul ol Nlontoxm qu Rliotlr-s, f.tc-me, on lil Nlziv lfl5li. ,X l l lSlfl2 Ntivatl .Xtguletny gnulugttv, lut spent most ul ilu- it-n -.inns lollowing lflflli in tlie suliniztrine l servic'e. lluring XYotltl XX'.nt ll lu'u.tstou1m.uuliug olliwr ol l'.S.S. S'l5 :and ll.S.S. l'otnlt'et :ind nuule two wtu' patttols in l'outltt't. llis tletotpttions int lutlt- tlu- lltonn- Stair witlt ronilmt V , letter ol totnntendtttion witlt rilsliou. .intl mrious tlu'.ttre gind service niedzils. lfrotn lllllti to ISHS Catptatin .Xrker :ittendetl tlu- N.ix.il Xtlir Clolltge. 'l ltis was lollowed by at yezir :is Under- sea XX':trl'zire Ollicei auul Flag Setrvtairy to CQotniu.uulc-r, Second lzisk lfleet :md tlien :ts Deputy I Director ol lrziining in tlie Central Intelligence .Xgr-tus lrom llllfl to lflfilf. He coinniztntled the l'.S.S. .Xjatx lront N52 until :assignment to the U.N.l. in lflifl. I Clgtptziin Little's tour in Nlonroviu began in Porto Studo, Szirdinizi, in April, l955, :ind ended in Rhodes. Greece in Mary. lil543. l A N32 Natvztl Acuttletity grauluatte. Clziptziin Little during World XVztr II served as Gun- nery Officer ol' the cruiser Salt Luke City :ind :is Gunnery and Executive Ollicer ol' the Iowa. He was :twztrded the Bronze Stair with comlazit in ztddition to theater and service niedztls. Captain Little ltzis conuntinded the destroyer H. XV. Tucl-ter, the Hlestern Pzicilif' Trztin- ing Group :ind has ztcted :is Executive Ollicer for the lfnderwzty Trziining Element, Suhic: QPhil- ippinesj, :ind att the Illinois Institute ol Technology. He served :is Comptroller for the Twelftlm Nuvztl District belore reporting to Nlonrovizi and has now been assigned to SACI,AN'1i' at Nor- lolk, as Comptroller. 3