gEeffi$s,ss $ffi***Av.Y U.$.$. hISI.IPHEN LKA.SI F.P.O..NEW YORK 09101 31 Ausust 1970 From: CornrmndingOfficer, ffiS MJLIFHAN(LXA-61) sq Ker$et'h a, ffs$ffiIi$n {Iffi{n HAA l}A 9& Ton S\rbJr Letter of ttpPreciation aod uRusual task of dsoettvating Io This eomnand undertook the difficul.t j.n June of this year w-i'bir a deadline of 0]" the U$S'UU1,IR{S1{iiXl-Of ) Sept*rn?rr*r1"??0, dur'*ng th$,s peri.CId, the *ien las sufferod mannyhmd'sh*psn encountered in Tho diffiouLttes inconvenionces and uncertsi,ntieso livtn6 ashore and stanrding wa{chse u.trcllrurk5.ng abosrd duri"ng tho hsad The conplete }e'ck of snd hilmi-clf*tynf silmmgrwors m6inyand varied* and servises aboard the ship durtng this period personaL faaititfes tried the srew iR a way f'svi ?rs.voexperimnce*dbefnrou fhrou6hou$ t'hj"m perioA, the technlcal brob}emn of ribacttvation and the perwna'l hardsfttps eneounterec! ln working 3-ongancl ti-resone hsure, has represented a burdet: fe'w cou].d hra*rewit'h$'cood,, 2. The spj.rli; Jrou have demnstrated <iuring-this period 9d 19ur sif,uati"on repto accept the nhe,l-lfrng€sof thts difficult nillingneis resent the highest tradittons of the Navy" Your pati€ncet perselr/€rmlcet ign has mtnimisod the diffl.cul-'b*es hard work wrqi outstanding co*CIpoffiLt our of a:nd ansmred tftk eOlnmfl-etion .Job on t*me" 'tfue eppor*un*by tg s:tpyss$ ny grs'titude 3. tr tu,ke pr$.de arud pleasl:re 1n WeLL Donet and the unclerstending you have dtsplayed, f,or *he ani"iities J. C" BI]TKB TCDft USNR 0fftcer Connrnandi.ng Copy *gr Se:w$.eaRecord