Lewis Puller (FFG 23) - Naval Cruise Book

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p@L m BE hm BY Ymm During March and April 1986. LFWIS B. Wilfff conducted special operations In the Sea of Japan. 32 days at sea was ttie Bulldogs ' longest stretcti underway during ttie entire deployment, (and also ttie coldesti). PULLER was tasked with sur- vellling ttie Soviet fleet ' s Spring exer- cises, and spent most of ttie time on sta Hon not far from Vladivostok, Siberia. Ttie Specops provided great training In So- viet stilp and aircraft recognition, as ttie ptiotos on ttiese pages stiow. At ttie cor elusion of ttie operations, PULLER re- ceived ttils message: FROM: CTG 75.1 SUBJ: BRAVO ZULU I would like to extend a tiearty well done to the men of TG 75.1 (PULLER. O ' Brien, Sterett) for your outstanding pertornv once In the SOJ. We ' re all In agreement — the fear Instilled by the warriors of TG 75. 1 was the driving factor In causing the bear not to stray too far from his lair. RADM Webster sends. 66

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SOVPRCFLT: S€COND B€ST IN TH€ UJ€ST Photos: facing page, upper VICTOR II submarine, lower, KRIVAK II frigate. This page, above: Badger C antiship at- tack aircraft. Left, a land-based Haze A ASW helo Below, Soviet intelligence collectors (and PULLER ' S ■tattletales ) Kursograf and Gals