BOM VOYAGE
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It has come time for the personnel of Mobile Construction Battalion MIME to
depart Adak* We are sorry to see you leave, but we are sure that you are glad
to be^headed back to the lower forty-eight. We hope that you have a pleasant
stay back at your home base of operation* As in the past your "can do" spirit
has been felt here on the island* We have been proud to have MSB MIME here on
Adak and as in the past you have done an outstanding job while here* During the
past six years iVCB-9 has been deployed here four times. During the 1959-60
stay they were awarded the Secretary of the Navy’s Safety Award5 the "Best of
Type" of Construction Battalions in the Pacific5 and in 1960 they walked away
with the Admiral Pelitervs Award for the outstanding battalion of both Atlantic
and Pacific Coasts* We thank you for the outstanding job you have done while
deployed here this year, THANK YOU FOR A JOB WELL DONE _
and GOOD LUCK MSB MIME* ~i
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