Harpers Ferry (LSD 49) - Naval Cruise Book

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I 1)1 J Kiinhcrly Utile entcrniiiis Aiis.sic lets nilh hci sea sloiic: nii ' iiihers vohdiweretl while in Mackav. Miiin ei ' i I s f ' i c n ' clDck in the morning and a marching band is dancing around on the pier. A mistake, perhaps? Are these people expecting someone famous? Not at all! It ' s list the people of Mackav celebrating the long-awaited arri al of Harpers Ferry. As a port visit. Mackay was outstanding. Residents kindly offered transportation, showed crew members the sights and occasionally invited them over tor a home-cooked meal. In turn, many crew members ()lunteered in town for educational or social activities. Be it sharing stories with children at a school or helping out at a nursing home. Harpers Ferry crew members did it all. When we weren ' t taking advantage of all the free uncheons and promotions surrounding our arrival, we were isiting places like the Whitsunday Islands, the Great Barrier Reef, and the rain forest o ' Hungella. This final foreign port visit pro ed that sightseeing and shopping may be fun, but meeting people is the most rcwariiing part of deployment.

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H l Above- Kiiiyu Ud Hit •■•as ii: : ' - •■j iiu. ::::. the must inihciite uh J cantngs seen during WESTPAC. Top Left- S ' ohoJy believed QMOSWl Emilio RuiselUhen he J talk ahoiii his faithful WESTPAC buddy. Ronnie, until our photographer spied them sitting on a park bench l ft- J OS A Erin Davis. FS James McCahe and GS.MFS David Thompson laugh in the face of hearing consenaium while sitting ne.xt to the world ' s biggest amplifier. Bottom l ft- The mighty Independence shuttled cm ,i(,i., ), rv hack and forth (and has a few scars from our stem • vein.

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Above- tlr m, ' u t :n tHi: ••:■■ ' ., . ii . m.. Lavi ne and IC3 John Birdsong pull slot machines in Ktackay. Top Left- In search of the elusi e Hianpus. thf . av AJmin crew re sis for a hit. Their master plan to traffic these rare mammals was foiled when a pari rangercauiihi them i« ith a shoehot and a piece of cheese Middle Left- nC2 Em s. i niwi DC3 Paul Hi y ncr Mike Palaza. DC2 Jeffery Selstm. HT.f Erie Johnson and .MS. Deanna Garcia spend the evening at the Harrup Pari harheque. This was just one of the man free r»rn j offered to the cre %. Left- Using only kangaroo droppings for Jcrtilizer. HT2(S Vl Robert Don ell and SKIiSWt .Michael .Mena shon ( their prize FUN FACT: The Mackay River is a breeding groundforthe Australian Box Jelly, the most deadly jellyfish known to man.