Antietam (CV 36) - Naval Cruise Book

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was just as the travelogues said it would be . . . M . . . Where soft trade winds caress the blue Pacific and gently roll up the velvet green mountainside Where they reach and touch a passing cloudf' There are the names and places remembered . . . Wahini, Waikiki, Honolulu, the Punch Bowl, Ford Island, the Arizona, surf boards for rent, leis, bird of paradise, juice bar, Wai- kiki Tavern and the Salad Bar, the '4Y,,' an af- ternoon under the Banyan tree at the Moana sipping a tall cool one, all of these and more made the stay at Pearl a memorable one.

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- ' ' ' . The Hrst blow at the enemy will be MESSAGES OF GREETING are exchanged with .flagship marked top pI'10f1fY . I , Essex, but almost immediately are superseded bylbusmesslike launched today. MOUDUHIHSIID b3Ckgr0?Hd, 1221123125 Covered messages, terse series of numbers and innocent femmine names, by overcast, fO1'm Part Of Jagge Coast me 0 ' RENDEZVUUS WITH TASK FORCE 77 Three days, steaming has brought Antietam to the Sea of Japan, crossing the 38th parallel. At dawn on October 15, many of the crew line the Hight deck, shiver in the chill damp Wind. Youngsters sensing adventure stand beside old timers, anticipating only increased work There they are grey spots on the horizon slightly darker than the slate sky-a carrier battlewagon, cruiser, half a dozen destroyers the rest ofthe team that will become so fam1l1al 1n the next half yea1 The moment has arr1veo at which nine months of tedious labol and feveush t1a1n1ng po1nted All the questlon marks Will soon be answeied Antletam Wlll soon know Whether she 1S piepared ANTIETAM S AIRCRAFT loaded on flight deck await first strike over Korea