USS Tarawa (LHA 1) - Naval Cruise Book

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fAbove Leftj Capt. Parkhurst pre- sents Audrey Hepburn with a V.I.P photo-album. fAbovej Capt. Parkhurst and Capt Phillips get close to Ms. Hepburn for a photo. CRightj CDR Reuhe shows Audrey Hepburn flight operations frorn Primary Flight Control.

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TARAWA's Fair Lady On September 21, 1992, USS TARAWA was graced by a visit from a very warm and caring lady. Her name was 1 Audrey Hepburn and as we sat off the coast of Somalia pro- viding support for the Paki- stani troop movements, she was on the beach trying to help the famine-stricken coun- try. I Her visit was just a friendly one and the TARAWA crewmembers reacted with a wonderful gift of four-thou- sand dollars that was raised in less than 45 minutes. Her happiness was visible as Capt. Nigel E. Parkhurst presented 1 her with the check. She graced the crew with a fBel0wj Audrey Hepburn speaks t - - t th h ' the Sailors and Marines of USS v1s1t o e angar bay and TARAWA in the H B was glad to let the angar ay' crewmembers get snapshots of y themselves taken with her. In January 1993, just four short months later, Audrey Hepburn passed away at the age of 64. The day she visited will be a proud moment in TARAWA history for a long time to come. 144

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elcome Aboard Julie! J During a visit to the land down under, TARAWA had a unique op- portunity to help a young girl with a life-threatening disease. Julie J Bruce suffered from primary pulmonary hypertension and needed a 3 whopping 535,000 dollars for a treatment only available at a hospital ini New York. J When TARAWA ar- rived and heard of her situation, they jumped at a chance do some good for a young life. By using the profit from BINGO games held on TARAWA, the ship was able to donate Sl8,000. Julie Bruce and her family Were ex- cited and thankful. The ship invited Julie and her family to 3 spend a day on the ship. Unfortunately, early in December, TARAWA found out that while un- der going tests forthe operation, Julie Bruce had died. The pain was felt by all. iii? 5 l L l ff l 4