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Ship's crew mobilizes to fight fire.
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Fathom
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October 1, 2003
- Author:
- Pepka, Linda
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When a brush fire broke out on the western side of the Mediterranean island where USS Emory S. Land (AS 39) is homeported, her crew mobilized to save their ship. They also fought to save the ship's port-support installation and the rest of the eastern part of Sardinia's Santo Stefano Island, all of which were threatened.
It was late afternoon on a hot day when the first bits of ash and smoke trickled over the hilltop onto the ship's decks. Shipboard activity suddenly ceased for the crew members still aboard or near the ship, because a call for action soon came. ET1(SS) Mark Oliver and ET2(SS) Grant Gildehaus were taking a break at the recreation center and were two of the ...