Sumter (LST 1181) - Naval Cruise Book

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uit Q- .Ii I E01 EDWARD STIFFLER BM1 MICHAEL BEALILAC LT ANTHONY DECOOK LEADING SEADEE BLUD1 AOIC BLUD1 OIC ACB- CB-DET BLUE- rm- If Amphibious Construction Battallm TWO, Detachment BLUE-ONE, led byL'lDe COOK, is one of five Detachments thalde ploy throughout the Eastem half ofthe world. BLUE ONE has traveled from theta ribbean to the Arctic and throughoutlhel Mediterranean. During the past yeanthcl Det has participated in MPS Loadoull O.P.D.S., Bold Eagle Northemweil ding 86 , and Marg 1-87. The DCCCDIWQ of one officer and 21 enlisted men. 14fl0llf the deck ratings and 7 from the COIISUUUE tion Ratings. 3 I 5 2 3 I I 5 l l 5 I l is f . E 5 l I l row IL-Rl sn cA'rUccI, sn WICKEM, CE5 ROSARIO, BM5 RUST, SN DAILY SH WIIIGW EM2 RAMSEY, cmcm FAHRINGER, Nor PICTIIRED EM2 KEITH s ' SN SUM' LT DCCOOK 2nd 'OW E05 ALOER' E01 STIFFLEK , N GRIFFITH, SN LESKOVEC, sm MAES, EOCN BEAVER

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U.S. MARINES BraVO Co., 1st Bn 6th For six months we lived and Worked together. Long days at sea, when the weather was too rough to do an ythingg made time drag. Jam- med into troop holds that would horrify prison wardens, We scrubbed and swept and buffed the days away, and we never did manage to get rid of all the Pepsi cans. r We learned about the Navy and the sailors of the Sumter till We thought of ourselves as the Blue Side and K'Green Side of the same team. We Worked together and Went on liberty together. We even cheer- ed Sumter's Navy teams when they played against Marines from the Saipan and Raleigh. We broke tradition by not Hghting each other. In return the sailors considered us, as Capt. Ries said, Sum teris primary Detachment, 2nd IVISSG 2nd AA 86 l