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Vice Adm. Phil Sawyer, commander of U.S. 7th Fleet, and U.S. Consul General Valerie Fowler prepare to lay a wreath at the Submariners Walk Heritage Trail, where the U.S. Navy's Task Force 42/72 was located during World War II. Sawyer is visiting Brisbane in conjunction with the 75th anniversary of 7th Fleet's establishment here on March 15, 1943.