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CAPTAIN ROBERT C. GIFFEN JR. COMMANDER ALONZO E. BELCH JR
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THE SEA AGAIN
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SHIP ' S HISTORY ON THE BEXAR ' S LAST CRUISE THE SHIP DEPARTED SAN DIEGO, CALIFORNIA, ON 27 JUNE, 1960, WITH 688 MARINE TROOPS TO BE TRANSPORTED TO OKINAWA . ENROUTE , THE BEXAR STOPPED AT PEARL HARBOR AND JOINED WITH THE LOCAL POPULACE IN CELEBRATION OF HAWAII ' S ADMISSION INTO THE UNION AS THE FIFTIETH STATE. AFTER SEVERAL DAYS AT SEA, THE BEXAR ARRIVED IN OKINAWA, DEBARKED MARINE TROOPS, AND PROCEEDED ON TO SUBIC BAY, PHILIPPINES. IN SUBIC BAY THE BEXAR RECEIVED ANEW COMMANDING OFFICER WHEN CAPTAIN ROBERT C. GIFFEN JR. RELIEVED FORMER COMMANDING OFFICER CAPTAIN OTIS A.WESCHE IN A FORMAL CHANGE-OF-COMMAND CEREMONY. FROM SUBIC BAY THE BEXAR PROCEEDED TO HONG KONG WHERE IT WAS SCHEDULED TO REMAIN FOR THREE WEEKS AS STATION AND EVACUATION SHIP. DURING THE MIDDLE OF THE THIRD WEEK IN HONG KONG, THE BEXAR RECEIVED ORDERS FROM COMMANDER SEVENTH FLEET TO PROCEED TO DJAKARTA, INDONESIA VIA SUBIC BAY. THE SHIP LEFT HONG KONG IMMEDIATELY, RETURNED TO SUBIC BAY WHERE IT TOOK ON FUEL AND SUPPLIES, AND THEN HEADED SOUTH FOR DJAKARTA, JAVA. IN DJAKARTA THE BEXAR EM- BARKED 1150 INDONESIAN OFFICERS AND TROOPS AND PROCEEDED WEST ACROSS THE INDIAN OCEAN, AROUND THE CAPE OF GOOD HOPE, AND UP THE CONGO RIVER TO MATADI, REPUBLIC OF THE CONGO, WHERE THE INDONESIANS WERE DISEMBARKED FOR DUTY WITH OTHER UNITED NA- TIONS FORCES IN THE AREA. UPON COMPLETION OF OPERATION SEA LIFT THE BEXAR RE- CEIVED ORDERS TOCONTINUE AROUND THE WORLD IN FURTHERANCE OF PRESIDENT EISENHOWER ' S PEOPLE TO PEOPLE PROGRAM. AFTER LEAVING THE CONGO THE BEXAR VIS ITED LAGOS , NIGERIA; ABIDJAN, IVORY COAST; MONROVIA, LIBERIA; AND FREETOWN, SIERRA LEONE. IN LATIN AMERICA THE BEXAR VISITED RECIFE, BRAZIL, TRINIDAD, CARTAGENA, COLUMBIA! PANAMA; AND ACAPULCO, MEXICO, BEFORE RETURNING HOME TO SAN DIEGO, CALIFORNIA, ON 4 DECEMBER 1960. CAPTAIN WESCHE COMMANDED THE BEXAR FROM AUGUST OF 1959 UNTIL JULY OF 1960. A GRADUATE OF THE U.S. NAVAL ACADEMY CLASS OF 1938, CAPTAIN WESCHE IS NOW COMMANDING OFFICER OF U.S. NAVY PROPELLANT PLANT AT INDIAN HEAD, MARYLAND. OTIS A. WESCHE CAPTAIN USN
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