Spiegel Grove (LSD 32) - Naval Cruise Book

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VIHIUES What can be said about the island of Vieques? It's a pretty desolate island to the east of Puerto Rico. On the other hand, there's Camp Garcia. For the Navy, Vieques means Amphibious Landings, hard work, early reveille and late taps. It means a modified steaming watch and maybe even a quarterdeck watch. There are boats to depart the well, and before you know it, they have to be taken aboard again. For the Marines, Vieques means training, for very little training can be con- ducted aboard ships On Vieques, there are no stuffy compartments, only fresh air and an overhead of stars. But, there's very little hot chow, and a great many WC' rations.

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DEPLOYMENT SCHEDULE L December 5 6-8 9-10 11-12 13 1L-2 January 3-L 5 6-7 8 9-11 12-15 16-17 18 19-26 27 28-1 February 2-7 8-1A 15-21 22-26 27-28 29-1 March 2-3 L-7 8-10 11-13 1h-16 17- Depart Norfolk for Caribbean Cruise Embark Marines at Morehead City, North Carolina Underway for Guantanamo, Cuba Guantanamo, Cuba for Liberty Underway for Vieques Amphibious Landing at Vieques San Juan, Puerto Rico for Liberty Underway Reembark Marines off Vieques Underway Amphibious Landing at Vieques Underway for Curacao Willemstad, Curacao for Liberty Underway for Vieques Amphibious Landing at Vieques Underway Reembark Marines off Vieques Underway for Panama Panama for Liberty Underway for Barbados Bridgetown, Barbados for Liberty Underway for Vieques Amphibious Landing at Vieques Underway Frederiksted, St. Croix for Liberty Underway St. Thomas for Liberty Amphibious Landing at Vieques San Juan, Puerto Rico for Liberty Head for Home!

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