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1530Z 10
July 1967 transmitted message text from
Commander, Task Group Sixty Point Five to
Commander-in-Chief, U.S. Naval Forces Europe
P 101530Z JUL 67
FM CTF 60.5
TO CINCUSNAVEUR
INFO COMSIXTHFLT
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C O N F I D E N T I A L
A. MY 071710Z
B. COMSIXTHFLT 100825Z [not in file]
1. SPEAKING FIRST ON SUBJECT OFFICER. MY INITIAL CONTACT WAS ON
BOARDING UPON OUR ARRIVAL. HE WAS SOMEWHAT STUNNED BY EVENTS
WHICH HAD TAKEN PLACE AND WAS EXHAUSTED HAVING BEEN UP SOME
TWENTY FOUR HOURS AND UNDER STRESS FOR SOME EIGHTEEN. HIS WOUND
WAS A FLESH WOUND WHICH BLED PROFUSELY BUT FINAL PROBE SHOWED NO
SHRAPNEL IN LEG AND ONLY TISSUE DAMAGE. WHILE DISCUSSING
SITUATION WITH ME WAS PERFECTLY ABLE TO MOVE AROUND THOUGH WITH
PAIN. THIS PHASE DOES NOT SEEM TO FIT STATED DEFINITION OF MED
HONOR NOR WHAT I HAVE SEEN IN DAMAGED SHIPS WW TWO AND KOREA.
2. RELATIVE TO DAMAGE CONTROL. FIREFIGHTING APPEARED TO BE THE
OUTSTANDING ACTION BY CREW. ALSO ACTION MEDICAL TEAMS APPEARED
OUTSTANDING AND UNDOUBTEDLY SAVED LIVES. FLOODING CONTROL WAS
ROUTINE IN THAT PERMANENT WATERTIGHT BOUNDARIES PREVENTED FURTHER
FLOODING RATHER THAN ANY MEASURE THAT WAS OR COULD HAVE BEEN
TAKEN. EVALUATION OF STABLILITY [sic] WAS NOT MADE NOR LIQUID
SHIFT MADE TO CORRECT LIST UNTIL DONE BY ASSIST PARTY. FAILURE TO
DO SO COULD HAVE HAD SERIOUS CONSEQUENCES IN HEAVY WEATHER.
FAILURE TO RESTORE VENTILLATION [sic] ALSO CAUSED FIRE HAZARD
FROM HEAVY OIL FUMES AND FAILURE ISOLATE AND REENEGISE [sic]
SELECTED CIRCUITS SUCH AS LIGHTING AND FIRE PUMP CONTRIBUTED TO
POTENTIAL DANGER. IN SUMMARY CREW APPEARED TO HAVE UNDERTAKEN
SOME ACTION IN AN OUTSTANDING MANNER SOME AVERAGE AND SOME BELOW.
SIXTEEN HOUR PERIOD FROM TIME COMPLETION ATTACK UNTIL DAVIS
ALONGSIDE DOES NOT SEEM TO HAVE BEEN UTILIZED IN AN EXCEPTIONALLY
GOOD MANNER.
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