DATE: Friday, August 8, 1997                TAG: 9708080651

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A DUTCH TREAT, NATO STYLE

LAWRENCE JACKSON photos/The Virginian-Pilot

Crew members aboard the Dutch frigate Witte de With man the rails

Thursday, above, as the ship, above right, comes into port at the

Norfolk Naval Station on Thursday. The frigate, and others from

NATO's Standing Naval Force Atlantic - a multinational peacekeeping

force of frigates and destroyers - will be in port for 11 days. The

ships have been running exercises and patrolling the North Atlantic.

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