W S Sims (FF 1059) - Naval Cruise Book

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V. f 1 I 8 Febnuany 1979 To the 065icenA and men 06 W. S. SIMS: I It it with a gneat Aenie og pnide and penionel aatibgaction that I wnite thie Cnuiee Boch intnoduction: The photognaphb and captions in I theae pagee neglect mane than the aeven plun montha og oun employment I ae pant og the SIXTH Fleet in the Meditennanean. Taeh Gnoup 60.1, com- I pnibea og the eannien Joan F. Rennfov, cnuiien DALE, denrnoyenn RICHARD I E. BVRU and FORREST SHERMAN, and gait gnigate PATTERSON an well ai w. S. SIMS lwith HSL 36 Det 3 ai Ain Depantmentl, began ite tnaining and pne- panationi well begone oun depantune date 29 June 1978. J I Although at timen long and veny tnying oun deployment wan chanacten- ized by youn exceptional pnogeiaionaliim, high atate og neadineea and exemplany conduct aihone in the midit og oun Eunopean hooti. In addi- tion, to panticipating in one Anti-Ain wangane Exenciiep thnee Anti-Sub- manine wangane Exenciiei, goun Auiiile Exencieei, and one SINKEX, w. S. SIMS panticipated in NATIONAL WEEK XXV and NATO'6 DISPLAY DETERMINATION 78 Exenciiei. Oun peniodi at Aea wene aepanated by vieite to ten ponti- og-callg including Spain'A Malaga, Cantagena, Alicante and Palma De Mallonca Italy'4 Tnieate and La Spezia ai well an Napleig Fnance'A Villa Fnanche and Toulong and Voloi, Gneece. The glexible enthuaiaim and Apinit og coopenation diiplayed by each og you duning theie deployment ' activitiei Aignigicantly contnibuted to the good name og w. S. SIMS and 1 3 to the positive image og the U. S. Navy thnoughout the Meditennanean CUL20.. l 3 A4 Commanding Oggicen I coniiden it a unique pnivilege tn oenue with I auch a pnoud and dedicated cnew og men. Each og you can be juitigiably pnoud 06 the contnibutiona and Aacnigicei which you made to eniune oun necognized Aucceia. I unih to penionally thanh each og you gon a job well doneg and to oun gamily and gnienda whom we legt behind a apecial thanhi gon thein Atnong Auppont. I Aincenely hope thebe pagei will alwaya genenate the wanm memonieb gon you that they will gon me. Appneciatiuely, ' AL Q zz. . REE s II g H

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