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iron thisServing Aboard U.S.S. RowanLarry E. Wiesenauer, electronics technician seaman apprentice,I USN. son of Mr. and Mrs. Carl ijWiesenauer of 1J3 Willow Lane, Anderson Ind., is serving aboard the destroyer CSS Rowan, part of thlt; combined First Fleet force involved in Exercise Night Stick off the coast of California The exercise in anti-submarine and anti air warlare technique* began Dec iu. and lasted live days.Eighteen ships and several air-cratt units were involved in Exercise Night Stick, which was coordinated by Vic e Admiral R T S. Keith, Commander First Fleet. The ships included aircraft earners, a heavy cruiser, a nuclear submarine, 11 destroyers, a mine-sweeper and throe auxiliary ships.The exercise was aimed at maintaining the overall readiness of the units involved and to develop their preparedness for duty in the Western Pacific with the Seventh Fleet. The operation centered around a fast carrier striking force supported by an anti-submarine warfare group They were opposed by aircraft and submarine*. The aircraft used included jets and pro|M-ller driven ranging in sia* up| to medium bomber*.♦Special guards in Tokyo sub-I wav stations have the job of shoving riders into the jam-| packed cars, the National lieo-i graphic Magazine says.
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Anderson, Indiana, US
Sat, Jan 05, 1963
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