Coronado (AGF 11) - Naval Cruise Book

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Top left: Michael Young and Miss USA Christiane Fichtner entertain CORONADO ' s crew. Above: Miss South Caroli- na Marian Curry signs crew members autographs. Bottom left: Miss Missouri Barbara Webster plays fiddle for the country fans. Below: SN John Morrison gets Miss USA ' s autograph. Opposite page, top: A full house attended the show on the flight deck. Bottom: Miss New Jersey Lisa Summerour-Perry (with CORONADO ball cap) is first in the autograph line for crew members. ' - ' M tm

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RAI-TV CHRISTMAS SHOW For two days in December the decks of CORONADO resem- bled a Hollywood television studio as production crew from Radiotelevisone Italy (RAI), Italy ' s national radio and television network videotaped a children ' s Christmas special. Star Sandra Milo brought her Piccoli Fans (little fans) pro- duction team to Gaeta to shoot the on location portions of the one and a half hour Christmas special which aired nationally in Italy Christmas night at 8:30 on RAI TV. The logistics behind this program were enormous. RAI techni- cians began arriving with their equipment the day before shoot- ing started. This equipment was loaded onto a boat and brought alongside CORONADO where crew members operated a crane that lifted the gear to waiting RAI technicians on the flight deck. The Boatswain ' s Mates assisted handling an unusual cargo which included a baby grand piano and 40 foot Christmas tree. CORONADO sailors were used throughout the production. The show also featured Italian chidren and Navy dependent children from CORONADO ' s crew, COMSIXTH fleet staff and the Naples and Gaeta communities. The theme of the special was pace (peace). Fittingly, the motto of the U.S. SIXTH fleet, embarked aboard CORONADO, is Power for Peace . 103

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