PFC LAWRENCE M. MCGRATH PARTICIPATED IN THE FAST LANDING FORCE.. FLEET MARINE FORCE; ATLANTIC; DURING THE ATLANTIC AMPHIBIOUS EXERCISE OF 1958, AS A MEMBER OF THE THIRD BATTALION 6TH MARINES. HE TOOK PART IN THE FIRST LANDING EXERCISE IN HISTORY WHICH A FORCE OF SUCH MAGNITUDE WAS LANDED BY HELICOPTERS FROM BASES ON USS NAVY AIRCRAFT CARRIERS, HIS BEING THE USS VALLEY FORGE, FROM MANY MILES AT SEA.
