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Page 72 text:
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Training . . . And prayers Our five weelcs of Jfraining and drills weren'+ all worlc. We had our leisure rnomenls. when we could wrile leldlers home, +o Jrell The liollcs whal we were doing and how we were en- joying lhe warm sunshine, Many a man relurned wilh G sunlan, and became The envy of his friends al home. We had loeach parlies on Sunday allernoons and liberly call each night During The noon hours a+ sea. we relaxed on lhe lanlail and soaked up all Jrhe sun we wanled. Aller- noons and evenings were spenl al Jrhe Enlisled lvlen's Club a+ Guanlanarno Bay, our icavorile meeling spol Whefe Pause fhai- refreshes
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Where experT seamanship pays off above Towing exercise below mooring To a buoy During our cruise To Cuba we spenT Tive hecTic weelcs oT exTensive Training and drills. The ship and The crew had To simulaTe every condiTion which mighT be encounTered in acTual warfare: Man Overboard! Abandon Ship! One Able-Ablelu, CondiTion WaTches, nighT firing, and whaT have you. Everyone Turned To wiTh a will when sTores were broughT aboard ,..Tresh Tood is a greaT sTimulanTl CapTain's lnspecTions were noT TorqoTTen, despiTe The inTensive Training, All hands Turned To every Friday To hold The usual Tield day, cleaning all spaces and preparing Them- selves Tor personnel inspecTion. Nor were The Marines neqlecTed. They were led by CapTains Kavaliich and Meyers on bivouac Tor a Twelve day period. During This Time They spenT Three days pracTicing Clay and nighT combaT problems. Five days on The riile Vange proved To be a real TesT cT marksmanship as each man fired The M-I, BAR, machine gun and .45 pisTol.
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Page 73 text:
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in fr v y Ready for mspechon' everyone could Tell his daily sTory and cry in his beer. The ship's soTTloall Team gained nine vicTories wiTh no deTeaTs To begin The season. Behind good piTching and greaT Tielding supporT, The boys appeared headed Tor The SixTh FleeT championship Tor The second year in The Med- iTerranean. Our opporTuniTies Tor relaxaTion and recreaTion added a cerTain enioymenT To The cruise. While we worked hard Trom day To day, There was sTill Time To Thinlc aloouT ho-me and ask The Tollcs Tor The laTesT news. Those happy hours
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