Valdez (FF 1096) - Naval Cruise Book

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stg3 allen i. brzowsky stg3 larry hamilton florala, ala. baltimore, md. ,, ,MJ-. V L fri f . Xfff stg3 billy e. thompson salem, oregon charleston, s.c. tm2 leroy e. heskett usn stg3 ioseph k. corbett orangeburg, s.c. gmt2 iohn i. godwin poughkeepsie, n.y. WN, N. K -www-e, 'fthe last hurmhn gmtsn raymond i. iseldyke usn westwood, n.i. ...... -1..-..-, , , ,U Af f, Wh , . 6 ,fi A.-WN' . fry!! , .,,, ,I fi rlrl -V ,W , f l l l l l l l l l l l 6 v l l l l 1 I l x l l Y l l l I I 'l r l l l I l f , l

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as division mfg, MW ...mul stgl iames a. ladwig d' ' . stgc I. charles bruggeman San 'ego' cam ladson, s.c. . . . ens loseph I. lovanna east boston, mass. asw officer ff. mr N stgl william i. anderson gmt2 richard a. wherry gmt2 paul w. hartung stg2 robert i. overkott hanahan, s.c. temperance, mich. charleston, s.c. hanahan, s.c. ,, mul' stg2 larry d, Iepage stg2 iohn T. eisenhart charleston, s.c. york, P0- stg3 howard I. wilder stg3 douglas h. cable house springs, mo. san diego, calif. S793 robert d- Price houston, texas

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diibouti, t.f.a.i. ,.f.. ..,. .4 . .,. 5 ff 5zfR2:iw.s.c:S.PEi45,fsR3,fiDeSwas F H , , unsung gl t ff3c's l i dllb0U'lI, the capital and only 5 gMg,!L.95?TV : important urban area ofithe french 3 Era 5111 H gh E l 1 ,uw I territory of the afars and issas, owes 5 M H 1 5 Amzni e. j its importanceto its vast hmterland, z L5 A , i gggggfn -' its portiand railway facilities, and its L l -PAWS Dfjusqgff-.gp 3 strategic position on the gulf of aden -'- '.'- -'H - near the straits of bab el mandeb. european powers first became interested in the area after the building of the suez canal in the 1860's, but it was not until 1883 that the french government took formal possession of the area. diibouti became the capital city in 1896. during and after the italio-ethiopian war of 1935, due principally to increased traffic over the railroad, diibouti experienced a considerable boom. however, at the outbreak of world war ll, the colony found itself in an extremely tenuous position which became worse after the french collaspe in the spring of 1940. from the summer of 1941 until early 1942 the british blockaded diibouti in an effort to induce the colony to renounce its adherence to the vichy government and ioin the cause of the allied nations, which in fact was finally brought about in december 1942. in a referendum of march 19, 1967, the territory elected to remain french and by a decree signed by the high commissioner changed its name to the french territory of the afars and the issas lthe two principal native tribesl. rate of exchange 195 d.f. 2 51.00 .., ,M W 3, '-inn-.gh 'I Q bun,.,,.-,..,v-- ff , cs 12, X71 french foreign legion the last outpost of the