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The Daily News Of The Virgin Islands
Charlotte Amalie, Saint Thomas County, Virgin Islands
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The USS Mount McKinley, flagship of Vice Admiral Horacio Rivero, will arrive at St. Thomas, V.I., on Oct. 24, 1962, for a two-day liberty call after PHIBRIGLEX-62 exercises. Other amphibious ships will also visit. The exercise involves over 40 ships and 20,000 personnel, culminating in an assault on Vieques on Oct. 23. Rumors of U.S. action against Cuba are denied.
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The amphibious command ship USS Mount McKinley will arrive at St. Thomas, V.I., Wednesday, Oct. 24, flying the flag of Vice Admiral Horacio Rivero, Commander of the U.S. Atlantic Fleet Amphibious Force. The scheduled two-day liberty call at St. Thomas will be the first stop for the flagship following exercises PHIBRIGLEX-62 (Amphibious Brigade Landing Exercise, 1962). Admiral Rivero, a native of Puerto Rico, assumed command of the Atlantic Fleet Amphibious Force Oct. 15. He has been directing the training exercise designed to maintain the combat efficiency of U.S. amphibious striking forces. Five other amphibious ships will visit St. Thomas after the operation. The attack cargoship Algol and tank landing ship Talbot County will arrive Oct. 23. (See ADMRL,'S. page 12)
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The attack cargo ship Yancey, dock landing ship Plymouth Rock and tank landing ship Wood County will arrive Oct. 26.
PHIGRIGLEX-62 began Oct. 15, when ships of the Atlantic Fleet departed their home ports along the East Coast for a rendezvous in the Western Atlantic. An amphibious assault on the Puerto Rican island of Vieques, Oct. 23, by 6,000 marines, will be the climax of the exercise. More than 40 ships and 20,000 sailors and marines are participating in PHIGRIGLEX-62, which will be concluded Oct. 30.
U.S. OPERATIONS QUESTIONED
...SAN JUAN
A force of 40 ships and over 20,000 men of the U.S. Navy and Marine Corps began special amphibious operations and training today on and around the island of Vieques.
The presence of the large force in the area has caused the rumor that some sort of U.S. action on Cuba may be forthcoming, which Washington has denied.
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St. Thomas, V.I.
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Oct. 15 To Oct. 30, 1962
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training exercise to maintain combat efficiency; rumors of action on cuba denied by washington.
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USS Mount McKinley arrives Oct. 24 flying Admiral Rivero's flag for two-day liberty call after PHIBRIGLEX-62. Other ships arrive Oct. 23 and 26. Exercise began Oct. 15 with ships from East Coast; climax is Oct. 23 assault on Vieques by 6,000 marines; over 40 ships and 20,000 personnel participate, ends Oct. 30. Operations began today around Vieques.