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PETTY OFFICER HAWKER TO TAKE IVUNYA TO RETIREMENT USS Guide’s Skipper, Gt. Cm dr. Frank Ducal, Reads OrdersSiaff Photo by TOM SHAWUSS Guide’s mascot, a retriever, retiresBy BUCK LANIER Military Editor Nuriya retired Wednesday and the USS Guide’s Labrador Retriever mascot now faces his Reserve commitment.It will be easy for him, though. En~ gincman t.C. Norman Hawker will take him to Westminster where Nunya can romp and play to his heart’s content.There won’t be any shipboard restrictions as far as room to romp is concerned. •The Guide just finished a seven-mcmth rie ploy me ul. off .Vietnam and while Nuriya • helped the crew in coastal surveillance duties he also ate well.He was a 10-pound puppy when recruited from the Long Beach Animal Shelter a year ago. Now he weighs 90 pounds..The Guide’s skipper, Lt. Cmdr. Frank Dukat. promoted Nunya to first class cook. Promotion was based on the dog’s recognition and taste for food rather than cooking.Following Nunya’s retirement the captain gave 20 crewmen letters of com-men da tic n for their work during the deployment.The Guide will be deactivated June 30 after 18 years of service.
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Press Telegram
Long Beach, California, US
Thu, Apr 20, 1972
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