'Routine mission'
; CV.Z. Press Assn—Copyright) ■ SAN DIEGO (California) i March 28. I A squadron of seven ves-! !sels of the United States; Pacific Fleet capable of land-! ing a force of 3200 marines; will leave San Diego today for the Far East. The assault ships in the squadron can launch troopcarrying helicopters and tank-carrying amphibious landing craft. i A fleet spokesman des-1 cribed the deployment as! “routine.” and refused to; comment on its relation to; the deteriorating situation in South Vietnam and Cambodia. The squadron flagship, the amphibious assault ship Denver, is commanded by ■ Captain Harry Jenkins, a former prisoner of war in North Vietnam.
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Press, Volume CXV, Issue 33804, 29 March 1975, Page 15
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105'Routine mission' Press, Volume CXV, Issue 33804, 29 March 1975, Page 15
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