USS Tarawa (LHA 1) - Naval Cruise Book

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I Nil lIQllDlDlUll2lflIiDN' Welcome To our world. The world of o UniTed SToTes Novdl Worship oT seo. The world of Torowd. FirsT in her closs ond one of The Novy's newesT omphibious rnulTi-purpose ships. Those of you who ore non- orewrnernbers ond ore reoding our book, will see Things you've prob- obly hedrd obouT, buT never seen, ond oTher Things ThoT you rnoy never hove irnogined. Unreps, verTreps, dll will be exploined in boTh words ond pioTures, ThoughTfully provided by our crew for your enjoy- rnenT. Don'T jusT look dT The picTures Though, beoouse if you'll use you're imoginoTion for o mornenT or Two, you rnighT geT o liTTle feel of whoT our life dT seo is like. Imogine The rush of high winds, ond The orosh of heovy seo's os Two huge ships rnoneuver wiThin soonT yords of one dnoTher for fueling. The Thudding sounds of greoT helicopTers bedTing The dir, ond The screom of jeT engines os Torowo's Horrier oTTook dircrofT roll down her flighT deck oi o hundred-plus knoTs. For Those of you who will go where we hove been, here's o window To you're fuTure, ond for Those who'lI never geT The chonoe, o window To our lives. We hope you'll enjoy whoT we've Tried To bring you, ond oT The some Time rnoybe undersTond o liTTle beTTer jusT whoT o cruise rneons To o soilor, ond why when he reTurns frorn one he sTonds jusT o liTTle sTroighTer, moybe o liTTle Toller, ond o liTTle prouder. He's jusT reTurned from o Tough job well done, he's goT The righT.

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.57 DEDICATICN Well folks, we're bdck. We're home dgdin offer our second overseos deploymenf. lT's been d long six monfhs. We've sfedmed Thousdnds of miles, looded ond consumed Tons of provisions, burned millions of gdllons of fuel, sTood counfless midwdfches, ond only Nepfune knows how mdny lonely hours dndiminor discomforTs we've endured since wdving our good-byes To you on The pier in Sdn Diego. Well, we're bdck from dnofher good cruise, we've hdd o few pdfs on The bdcks, ond we're preTTy proud, buT noT Too proud, noT enough To Try ond Tdke dll The crediT for ourselves, becduse we jusT didn'T do iT dlone. You were There. Every mile, every sTep of The wdy. - T You wroTe us liTerdlly Tons of mdil. When The words Ulvldil Coll sounded ThroughouT The ship, you would hdve ThoughT you were of The superbowl To hdve hedrd The cheers. We received IeTTers full of news from home, good Tidings for The new yedr, dnd enough cookies ond cdkes To feed d smdll drmy, for DGVYD. Funny Thing obouT Those pdckdges, Though some of Them mdy hdve spenT weeks in Trdnsif, every biTe of every cookie, Tosfed jusT d liTTle beTTer Thdn ever before, becduse iT wds d liTTle biT of home. You pdid our bills, hdndled dll our domesfic mdTTers, Took core of our homes ond belongings. In mdny coses you were pressed To provide The love ond dffecfion of Two pdrenfs To our children, when only one wds home, ond in The coses of liTTle ones, iT wds up To you To expldin why ddddy couldn'T be There for Chrisfmos. We jusT couldn'T hdve done iT wiThouT you. Sure, we worked hord, buT so did you, ond in wdys some of your Tridls mdy hdve been Tougher Thdn we'Il ever redlly know. We cdn'T ever repdy you for your love, ond foifh ond courdge, buT we con Thonk you. We do so now, from our hedrfs, ds we dedicdfe This, our book, To you. To dll The wives, sweefhedrfs, mofhers, fdmily ond friends ThdT sfood by us in These Times of long sepdrdfion ond uncerTdinTy, we Thonk you, we honor you, ond mosT of dll, we love you. THANK YOU ALL THE CREW