Nassau (LHA 4) - Naval Cruise Book

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After the initial conferences concerning the operation it was all systems go, and within several hours the Marines had landed, established their camps and began extensive training exercises. HMM-162 made constant trips to the beach with jeeps Iabovej as well as supplies and equipment to sustain the Marines ashore from stores aboard NASSAU. AC U-TWO ran daily runs to the beach with men and equipment fabovej and exercises like live firing of the weapons and tanks fbelow, rightj continued throughout the operation. At bottom, several hits leave their telltale signs along a hillside. ' ,. , 1 'f? 'iLf-, H gr' V' V: -,LP--.':- ' ' , -. U, -- , 4 , .4101 . T ' - ' ' - -il -L .ff - ' ' ' f i as , -W iaxiiinaia..-i.'.f 5.,-, A 5, f -U W- 2- gg, 68 ' i- 1 t i we 1 ' ' na ' -1-P i A qw kart 1 -A W y ff aff--1-as-i . -.4 I 4,,g,,k'qN 1, F V kkb. : .. .....,....,..i...a,...,--..,.,.....,...........-tA. V . V , . - , ................e.......,.,........,...........s.L..:.x ' f ..- - . , . ,.- ,,s .- V ,.. . . .. -.- 1 ...- . ,, ,.., . , . . g