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'H'? 7 'iG1lNirG'i?Pz vw-1rwianre:' ' -- --V A e . . FORMOSA .- Our stay in Formosa was in conjunction with thirty days duty in the Formosa Patrol, The only port we hit was Kaohsiung QTakaoy. Patrol duty would have been boring but for a few interesting incidents. Shore' liberty in Kaohsiung was fun. Besides the i k l t f Formosan beer at the many beer halls in town, many ball games, we dran a o o Admiral Ni, Chief of Naval Operations for Nationalist China, called on the Com- modore during our stay. He was Welcom- ed on board by the Commodore and the Captain. After inspecting the BARTON'S Honor Guard, Admiral Ni complimented LTJ G Arison on their sharpness of ap- pearance. Z ,., X f ' . M WW, fr! ,I r Af y EASTER SUNDAY 1954 M V ,fi sam, gSg,,ff 4? KW WW Q f ff 4? ff ff! lg, if-I. ' ZW!! . J jpg, S ' .. ' 54' , ZZfZif'i 9' 9 W: f X The Reverend R. F. McMurray and his family came aboard Easter Sunday to lead the crew in divine worship and deliver an Easter sermon. The MC' MU1'1'aY's ate dinner' on board and after- wards were taken on a topside tour Of the Ship. It meant a lot to all handS to have the Reverend McMurray and hiS family with us on this Easter when we were 12, O00 miles from home. 5 W k
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