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.71 « j y I lie sciip iinr l,-iiJcr Kciniclh Viiili)i,j wtii liitmclicJ in h J ill lin u)ni, Wiisnnhiloii , iDui L ]iiippcJ lo supply iiiiJ iiniinliiii! loinj junnjc rcdm- ' ' )iai??aiicr sciipuiiiL-s. ConiDiissioiicJ in June, 101 I, l!ic IJ.C-C ' hvi ' ?sc is 7 vclowi of WoiLI ir II iinJ {lie Korean dnnpoujii. L n niinJ lor llie closnuj staqcs oj the war lUjainst jopon, llie lenJer move J Iroin isLinJ lo islonJ in llie locijio provianni provisions ana material services to aitodieJ patrol squaJrons. Slie JolloweJ tlie I ' . S. Wival I ' orces in the islana-hoppina ciniipa njn that uH iinately lea to Japan. I wice Jiirina tlie jiqlitina, she haJ close calls jroiii Japanese air strikes. Oil I ' lilhi Islana, two Japanese suiciae planes attacKcJ, one crashiinj into the flialit Jech oJ tlie carrier KanJo ph, aiichoreJ 1000 yarJs jroni the Whitiinj. . t Saipan, the Whitiinj s quiis aownea an enemy plane hut it ' s enaine smashed into the siJe oj the ship close to the water line. Siirviviim not only air raias, hut several typhoons, the lender parti- cipated in the invasion oj Okinawa and the operations ac]ainst the Japanese homeland. She earned battle stars for each oj these operations. y .fter tlie war and kejore heiiny decommissioned in 10 , the Whitiiu] took pari in the Idcijic atomic homh test. In lOc ! sue was recommissioned and stationed at i an Dicl o, C al. Since then the vessel lias had several tours oj duty in the l ir hast, completing! the latest in July, 1050. Last IX cemher tlie tender was transjerred jrom San Dieqo to a new home port at Whidhey Island Xaval Air Station at Oak llarhor, Washinaton. rhe Whitina is named in honor oj Captain Kenneth Whitin ?, a pioneer oj Xaval aviation who died in 1043 ajter 3o years oj service. Captain Whitiinj, who was taiijht to fly hy Orville Vn jlit, hecame the Xavy ' s sixteenth aviator in 1011. In World War 1 he hecame the commander oj the jirst Xaval air unit in France. He also held command of several suhmarines and the aircrajt carriers Lancjley and Saratoga during his distinguished career.
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IT HAS BEEN TRULY STATED THAT, THEY ALSO SERVE WHO ONLY STAND AND WAIT. WITH THIS THOUGHT IN MIND THE OFFICERS AND MEN OF THE USS KENNETH WHITING AV-M AFFECTIONATELY AND WITH DEEP SINCERITY OF HEART DEDICATE THIS .957 CRUISE BOOK TO THOSE DEAREST TO EACH ONE OF US. TO YOU WHO TEARFULLY SAID GOODBY ON 12 AUGUST, ,„7, AND UTTERED PRAYERS FOR OUR SAFE VOYAGE, AND THEN PATIENTLY WAITED FOR OUR RETURN, WE WANT YOU TO SHARE WITH US IN OUR ADVENTURES IN THE FAR EAST, VSS KtmMTH WKXTITIG
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