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The primary object of deploying to the Mediterranean is to maintain a battle-ready force for peace. Our first operation anchorage was Alcudia Bay, Majorca, Spain. Seldom does a striking force visit the Mediterranean without stopping off for at least one friendly war game. The exercise was a turn-away landing. Landing craft, loaded with troops and equipment, headed for the beach, pivot- ed and returned to the ship before reaching shore. At Kavalla, Greece, the force performed an ex- hibition landing for our Hellenic allies. The operation gave an overall picture of potential American striking power. Lt. Gen. Martin J. Greene, Chief of Staff, U. S. Marine Corps, on an official tour of the Mediterranean, viewed the landing with Vice Admiral William E. Centner, Jr., Commander Sixth Fleet. Following this, we landed at Pilos, Greece on the morning of July 8th. At Porto Scudo, helicopter operations all day long, loading and unloading landing craft, work, work and more work made up another average day in the life of a Charging Gator . Enroute to Aranci Bay, Sardinia, we hit a stretch of bad weather, during which the ship experienced 20-30 degree rolls. At Aranci, Marines maneuvered ashore while Francis Marion headed out to sea for a gunnery shoot. The cli- max of these war games was Operation South Tramp, which took place at Turkish Thrace and was the largest NATO invasion of the cruise. The operation was consummated with an assault landing at Saros Bay, September 26th. Involved in the exercise were 29 Sixth Fleet ships, approximately 200 aircraft, 12,000 Navy and Marine Corps personnel, two Hellenic ships, one infantry battalion, two American, three Turkish, two Bintish, two Italian and two Hellenic submarines. It was with a sigh of relief that we steamed out of Saros Bay. We had just finished our last amphibious am- pliibious landing of the cruise and were homeward bound! ONE ALFA SET CONDITION ONE ALFA LAND THE LANDING FORCE ' liMMnai .f4« v
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