 The crew aboard the USS Mount Whitney, along with French officials, participated in an at-sea wreath laying ceremony to commemorate the 69th anniversary of the Allied landing and liberation of southern France. Dignitaries threw wreaths into the Mediterranean Sea in honor of those lost. It's such an important thing to remember and to recognize and to be a part of. It was a great loss of life, so it's very important that we remember this day today. Festivities at shore included a townspeech and parade to celebrate the anniversary. It signifies not just the relationship between the Sixth Fleet and all of our allies here in the Mediterranean, the Sixth Fleet AOR, between the U.S. Navy and the French Navy, but perhaps more importantly between American people and French people and our common beliefs and freedom and liberty and democracy. The French through a Sumeric commemoration is celebrated each year on August 14th for those who paid the ultimate price for their country. According from the Mediterranean Sea, I'm Seaman Nicole Vandegren.