Wichita (AOR 1) - Naval Cruise Book

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'lv I . ,xx Two days later we rendezvoused with the KANSAS CITY IAOR-3l, already homeward hound after only four months of deployment. Their air detachment, HC Eleven DET THREE, is the same detachment that the WICHITA took with her on her mini-dr-ploy- ment last August. As the WICHITA pumped fur-I to the KANSAS CITY, the flight decks of both ships got busy launching their respective helos. The WIC! IITA launched Sideflares 66 and 67, and after some diffi- culty the KANSAS CITY finally got Sirleflare 64 aloft, The three helos transferred air dr-t personnel and supply officers back and forth, each looking for in- side information and hard-to-finrIsp.1re parts It was -fb t tsxtsla like olrl home' ww-lt st-ving tht' pilots and t'r0wSIl13! WIC IIITA t.illt-tl her own last August. The l.lNRlf.P was r ornplr-tc-rl, .intl tlw two ships turned I0 go their svpairntr- ways, With tht- moons rising over the U55 WIC lll'lA, lf UR llogvl, Officer in tllargf' of HC llvvt-n Ill Al Three, liirl tht' VVIC IlI'l A a fond farewell .intl good lutlc on our ilr-ployriwiitt 'Ihr' WIC IIIIA is piourl to .announce that we are ronttriuiiig to rf-r-iilist ini-inlwrs ol our Crew. To rlfitt- wr- lmvi- li.uI Iwti, MM! ll.irL on the third of Mfirrli .mil 'wls I I in-or ii on thi- filth of MQYCI1. lt's gif-.it to lcvr-gi thi' VVII IIIIA tiuim going sitting.

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F- 'i 2 i Wil-ll'i'A il 31 Sffvffral men have rffrirfntly f omplrftrfrl tlwir Pr-rsorml Qualification Stamlarfls and haw- fic liif-vml firml qualifiration in Ihr- following Arr-.is in ilu- viigiiiv- roomi MM3 lang, MM? Yorlrir, ,mil MMl Nl Misvr iii the lower lnvrel, MM2 llzill Qirirl MMS Ni-laori in ilu' uppffr lfivvl, and liM3 Mull:-r, l MlN liyri, mul l Ml N Clover rilifrtriral swilf lilio.irrl npr-r.itor, ln Ylifk mvimtirriri lll'I1lf'Fl1Hll llc-rmif, Mrliriflfg tlif- shipk floftor, was r'rmlfirig-'-,i1r1- rlm! ilu- wliolf- mliiiff, forripfmy had all of ilu-ir sliolz lH'lifHV wi- llllkffll iii lhf' Plfiillppir'wf,i ln 'ipiiv ol noir' fiiriv, wil .iw iili ,iwil thai lliiz 'w,r'ii21ll IHllH'lVf'I'lll1Hl1' will f vii mil Mos i'i,i,.3 lu-filili .ia wi' Vl'uIl our lirfl low Wm f l All WH lj!