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tTHE TIPTON (INDIANA) DAILY TRIBUNE★ Servicemens ★★ Corner ★SERVES IN “BLUE LOTUS” Gunners Mate Second Class Gary A. Brunk USN, son of Mrs. Mary. Hueston. of route 1, Sharpsvilie, and husband of the former Miss Dorothy A. Evans of 3480 Reynard Way,San Diego, participated in“Blue Lotus”-the largest U.S.First Fleet Exercise in three*years-ahorad the guided mis-sile frigate USS Ilalsey.The exercixe was held off the coast of Southern California from November 28 to December 9. It involved 24,000 men in 45 ships and six air units.The strike force phase of the to train participating ships in the type of Naval warfare for which they were designed. The amphibious phase of the exercise involved an actual amphibious assault at. Camp Pendleton, Calif., by an embarked Marine Expeditionary Brigade.Exercise highlights included sur-face-to-air missile firings at drone targets, live rocket and bombing attacks on the San Clemente and Chocolate Mountain impact ranges, and Naval air strikes to sink target ships.tions ' and trflubleshootin \ niques of these missile sjIN VIETNAM . .•’* Marine Corporal Rex . chel. son of Mrs. Louise chel of 519 W. Jefferson Da Nang, Vietnam servir Headquarters v Battalion, Marine‘Division.* «• /■ viHeadqiiaters Battalion command center of the Marine Dvision. Marine sailors* assigned there, w ther * on’ the. staf^; of the mandihg general, or in the five specialized, con including Headquarters,municatipns, -MilitaryDental or Service.The unit is also engage civic action program de to assist the Vietnames pie in completing seU~he. jects. such as the build wells, culverts, small 1 and schools. Equipment materials for the projec made .available through Marine • Corps Reserve Action Fund. Marines ir nam provide the know-hc guide the’Vietnamese pelt; carrying out these projecmanacBy United Press interna
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Tipton Tribune
Tipton, Indiana, US
Mon, Dec 11, 1967
Page 7
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