USS Kiowa (AT-72) and squirrel monkey Miss Baker, which were the first living creatures the United States launched into space and returned alive to earth. From 1959 until early 1965, "Kiowa" continued towing operations out of Norfolk, and also performed extensive services at Guantanamo Bay. During the latter part of June and all of July 1965, "Kiowa" operated as a unit of a task force patrolling the West Indies during the second Dominican Republic Crisis, her primary task being to maintain the off-shore pump for petroleum products to besieged Santo Domingo in the Dominican Republic. En route to the United States East Coast
Miss Earth 2008 by Billy Crawford, international singer and actor from the film , Miss Earth 2004 winner Priscilla Meirelles, and Miss Earth Canada 2006 Riza Santos.<ref name="abs-cbnnews-entertainment/11/09/08/philippine-bet-miss-earth-2008"></ref><ref name="gmanews-story/132519/PEP-Ms-Philippines-wins-Ms-Earth-pageant"></ref> The following special awards were officially awarded during the grand coronation night: Final Question in Miss Earth 2008: "If you have the chance to speak to the newly-elected US President Barack Obama about the state of the global environment, what would you tell him?"<ref name="times-weekend/20081116week1.html"></ref> Answer of Miss Earth 2008: "What I would tell to the newly elected president of the USA, being one of the most powerful countries in the world, I would