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nf,u73 'tiff HEY eall it the Amphibious Navy . . . and the way they say it. you'd think that it was apart from the rest of the Fleet. Admittedly. we laek a lot in the way of glamour . . . no wood deeks or faney gun mounts. but d0n't ever let 'em sell the Gators short. Why just ask any salt who's got the right word and he'll tell you who puts the men and equipment ashore when there's a beach to be taken and a war to be won. Yep, when things get the hottest you ean bet right down to the bottom of your sea bag that the ole amphibs will he there doin' a job any sailor worth his hash marks ean be proud of. This is no flag wavin' speeeh about the amphibs. but just a word about one of its ships . . . the USS. Alshain QAKA-551. The Al has seen her share of the hot stuff. even caught one of those suicide planes baek by number four hateh when she was out in the Paeifie last war . . . but all that's been painted over a hundred times by now and I doubt if her ole hull even re- members when it happened. Sinee the war she's been doin' the job of keeping men trained to do the job she did durin' the war. Kinda sounds peeuliar, but that is just the way it is. llaek in january of '55. the .-Xl got orders to join the Sixth lfleet in the Nlediterratnean. Yvell she did. and this book is sorta a remembrnnee of the ole SS and the plaees she took us. The Xl got another set ol' orders while she was doin' her job in the Nled. and it looks like they are goin' to retire the ole gal alter eleven years of fllllllflll set-wire. Sim-e this is her last eruise. its only right that the following pages lu- tl'-'limit-tl to the l 5.5. Xl,5ll HN and the IWSS Wletl eruise. ALCH
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