Suffolk County (LST 1173) - Naval Cruise Book

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gave liberty hungry marines an opportunity 1 SOLANT DIA f t .xm. F . i l l'f' l'i'g ' at 3 :QQM as Captain .Tack W. Dax-is Cornrnanding Ufficier, Conipany lf The C8D9iO'.'.'U visit, r-nflfffi mart r-sail, ' brought dreary diififa at sea, ,vlullf-t lifilll' ln-ou mail, mullet and a glimpse of the Congo short-linv. lll A brief stop-over in Frrrf-town, 511-rrzi l.if'CJTlf' their trading ability againstthat of local invrcgleiisnts, then on to Guinea for a visit, higliligglttr-rl lay nritivr- dancers, Pepsi Cola, and ri runaway rnulfr. Harper was the scene oftl'.r- lf- 'z at -.A 1 birthday and a jointparaflr' and rvvit-'JJ lay tlif- Marin' Corps, Navy and l,il'Dffl'iFiT't lfrrmtifzi' lfrmrr 1-V pi living ribute tO the flrfxiliility of tlir- liriitvfl 311:11-f-Q Mar' An Fiflflilflfiifff st is ',:,', 5 fi: mail, nornlillff., -'yf rut V 'ii-' acute sunburn. EYlI'Ol1ffflO?VlOI'iI'fJ'J'i , tl ' 1 ni .' , 186th lJirt1l'irlay Of tim Mari .- . tim Ft - A . atsea. ont.-.-. .. A. '1 Shellllanks hy virti -f '1L.fJ.y .- -iifitcii .t ll prime l Y'if?I'l ili'1l't. Thr Ioaiufiiiitg ' ' f- A .l M i vi: i . i Y'DOOfl ftfifi iliw t'ti.tl'1tir 1. .lf P1 i . i vw 1 . ll Joint T'f Jlf lIJ 'Mille TIM' l' l 'Ilill I' l' wrt 1' ,emi tits- t'.f'I ,-resent fjulant Amity if-.i.i'. ., , .. i I ' 11 ' .. 'Ur n ,I it ,. '- wt Fuvlii, ilflllf' .lf ,fi .-, 'ani t ,y li, f 1 . K., Def Pr'i'ttmr l Htl lfi,!, W, V, !'itii.l'4-1, lt. t . - U . KWE-will 4-aww I t-'led w l-'lags wavteci and bands played as Mar lnilllllllp lntlrt tr, Solant Amity III sailed fri-ses of the, h..,tti tf ity, North Carolina, on 15 Septembernlgfgiore. .t good-will cruise to the African continent lfor l'.tii'i.irkt-ti aboard the U,S,S. suf ' tl.S'l-11751 wt-re elemeHtS of Companfo? County llgittulioii, Sixth Marines, a Section 0fyAn,1E.?ond t,.,it tot-5 from tho First Platoon, Company APS1 tous Aint rat liattalion, and supporting units froin Srcond t1.1'UUlJb, Atlantic, commanded by Captain Jacirgle lluvis 'ot' Company F, the Suffolk County Marin ' stood torth as a formidable weapon in the furtheis Quint- oi thu United States' People to Peopleu progranl lfirst stop was Trinidad, British West Indies wliorv Rafal' Adniiral Allan L. Reed, COmmande1-, South Atlantic, assumed commandof the Task Gro , .ibugtrtl his flagship, the USS Donner. In cgmpasp vt ith the Donner, the Suffolk Count 'l ' Y town, South Africa. y sat edfor Simons- Atte r nine-teen days of wallowing aggravation and iiitenst- titivation, a beach-head was establishedat tht- South African Naval Base in Simonstown. The switch from sea lanes to railroad was difficult llast ti-aiu from Capetown 05001, but all hands were aboard for ti turbulent passage around the Cape ofGood Hope to Port Elizabeth. Four days was long enough for the Mari.nes 'PTP potential to mature. Thousands of shipboardvisitors observed marine displays aboard the Suffolk County, while action on the beach was performed with trad- itioiixil brilliance. One manuever which kept the South African Press occupied for afull week was uuliiiiiiattfd with a full scale militarywedding in Cape town some days later. .NA ex aunt' , 'J I 'S-vsnaf-1P',. g 1