Deuel (APA 160) - Naval Cruise Book

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Ded ica tion ... We, the officers and men of the USS DEUEL, desire to dedicate this record of our cruise in European waters to the men of the boat crews who contribute so much toward enabling our ship to carry out her mission as an attack transport. These men, who man and main- tain our main batters, the boats, have given their services unfailingly through long hours and inclement weather to land the troops for operation Mainbrace and Longstep and for the training exercises at Porto Scudo; f urnish the boating for the replenishment of the fleet and for the Liberty parties of the fleet from Edinburgh to Izmir. As a token of our appreciation, we dedicate this book to our boat crews. f Xj -k F. R. PUTNAM CAPTAIN USN -;

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CAPTAIN F. R. PUTNAN, U. S. N. COMMANDING OFFICER, USS DEUEL