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Show ;j Local Man Serves On Carrier Off Vietnam Shores USS PRINCETON, RHTNC, Mar. 17 Interior Communications Communi-cations Electrician Third Class Almon D. Orton, USN, son of Mr. and Mrs. A. Hills Orton of I Parowan, is in the coastal waters wa-ters off Vietnam serving as a crewmember aboard the amphibious am-phibious assault Carrier USS Princeton j The Princeton assumed the role of flagship for the Seventh Sev-enth Fleef's amphibious ready group in the South China Seas following stopovers in Hawaii, Okinawa and the Philippines enroute from the U. S. The ship plays a major role in landing a reinforced marine mar-ine battalion by helicopter as the necessity arises. Because of her mobility, the Princeton was called upon in six major amphibious operations during a deployment to Vietnam last year. |