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Show Orton Enjoys Week End Leave After Vietnam Tour Almon Orton, Interior Communications Com-munications Electrician on the USS Princeton, which is now stationed at Long Beach, Calif., was home over the July Ju-ly 4 week end to visit with his people, Mr. and Mrs. A. Hills Orton, and family. Almon's ship returned to L.ong tseacn, cant, late in June following a five month tour of duty in the Western Pacific. While in the Southeast Asia waters the Princeton was flagship for the Seventh Freet amphibious ready group, and spent the majority of her time in the coastal waters off Vietnam. During this time the Princeton was engaged in four major amphibious assaults, including the highly successful success-ful campaigns at Hills 881 and 861 northwest of Khe Sanh, Vietnam. Almon will be stationed in Long Beach while the ship is being overhauled in the dry-docks dry-docks there. |