Benham (DD 796) - Naval Cruise Book

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SHIP ' S PARTY Profit ran high on our coke machine and much of it was retu. ned to the crew in the form of a ship ' s party that lasted for two nights. It is doubtful if the fabulous mansions along Narragansett Bay ever housed a more exciting and interesting party than the China Nite . Beer, food, entertainment were more than abundant. Types of dances were too numerous to mention and the Engineers demonstrated their proficiency in all of them by walking off with first honors in each contest. And many of the other members of the crew demonstrated their abilities in many arts, some of them rather impromptu. There were no specific highlights, because both evenings were highlights. The BENHAM ' s gendarmes were on hand, but were not really needed and it is a credit to the entire ship ' s company that such a tremendous party was conducted with such fine decorum. Eight o ' clock reports 1 Cookie. Cookie, Cookie-San. Cookie Get your own!

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In the States it ' s Matnbo — In Japan it ' s Tonko-Bush Bunny Hop