Led by Rear Adm. (lower half) William W. Mathis, commander, Mine Warfare Command, and his wife, a group of Navy officers comes aboard the Japanese Maritime Self-Defense Force minesweeper support ship HAYASE (MST-462) for a visit. Three Japanese minesweepers and two support ships are stopping in the Philippines while en route to Kuwait to assist in the multinational effort to clear Iraqi mines from the Persian Gulf following Operation Desert Storm. Subject Operation/Series: DESERT STORM Base: Naval Station, Subic Bay State: Luzon Country: Philippines (PHL)

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