Toward the end of the deployment,
Paul Revere participated in a series of "Keystone" operations
beginning with Operation Keystone Eagle
on 14 July 1969. After a farewell ceremony on the deep water piers in
Da Nang Harbor, the 1st Battalion, 9th Marines boarded Paul Revere and
sailed for Camp Schwab Okinawa in the first increment of America's withdrawal
from South Vietnam. A photograph of the ship loading Marines appeared in
Newsweek magazine. This was followed by HQ Co 9th Marines along with 2/9 in
August 1969, finally by 3/9 later that month all were reassigned in August 1969
to the 9th Marine Amphibious Brigade. The 9th MAB was then reassigned during
November 1969 to the 3rd Marine Division (3 MarDiv). [268] [269] *
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