Robert E Peary (FF 1073) - Naval Cruise Book

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. 1 5 ,X ' r l lr. i Doctor Herdener provides medical aid to the refugees 1 i l I I rfffxn 5, ask ' NQQYXQ QFQVA s fi N xilwld l s 255 l . . . Il Boat people wait quietly for their fate to be decided l i Major effort on the first day is directed towards repairing the boat 1' qi Three layers of refugees crammed into the hnat ,Q if A few smiles seem to anticipate the decision to embark

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f f v-A YN3 Trujillo, with assistant, mans the cheek-in table Empty and unwanted, the boat be -'fir Children have little Control over their lives, yet they suffer with the rest. One child was born a day before meeting Peary, two more a few days later on USS Tarawa comes a wooden albatross With the ship's population tripled support is an all hands evolution

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With their future assured, all of the refugees smile as they leave Peary ,lr Y71' , USS Tarawa QLHA lj provides LCM's to ferry the boat people to her. A few days later, they disembark in Thai- land to await resettlement in the United States 'Xi an '24-1 Ji ri SAQNW ,. as K E E ' ! te