Bremerton (CA 130) - Naval Cruise Book

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FCRMOSA. JUNE-When we pulled inTo The porT oT Keelung, Formosa, we passed Bri.Tish and Chinese ships which saluTed us wiTh Their guns and which we in Turn saIuTed wiTh. ours. ThaT presaged The ceremonies oT The nexT Tew days. The primary mission oT our visiT To Formosa was diplomaTic in naTure, as we carried The Commander oT The U.S. SevenTh FleeT, Vice Admiral Clark, who would meeT wiTh The poliTical and miliTary leaders oT The NaTionalisT Chinese GovernmenT. We docked ThaT clear warm morning in an aTmosphere oT curiosiTy. DigniTaries and soldiers sTood on The pier looking up aT us, The U.S. Navy, The power and deTender oT The PaciTic. We in Turn in our crisp dress uniTorms lined The rails, geTTing our TirsT glimpse oT The island which held The men and hope oT a Tree China. AdiacenT To The pier was a barracks converTed Trom warehouses and a hosT oT Chinese soldiers sTood There in olive green uniTorms, Tall and erecT and powerTully lean, holding auTomaTic weapons and riTIes. They looked agile as caTs and I imagine There were a Tew sailors who waTched Them in all Their physical hardness wiTh envy! Some, Chinese generals came aboard along wiTh oTher oTFicials and Tor a Time The ship was alive wiTh sTricT and impressive Naval ceremony. BuT Then came liberTy and The Chinese had pre- pared well Tor our coming. There were a round oT parTies and recepTions Tor boTh oTTicers and enlisTed men. I guess mosT oT us goT acguainTed wiTh The Chinese drinking ToasT, gam- beh, which is a sudden, swiTT, and I mighT say vicious Torm oT boTToms-upl We aTe-Tor beTTer or worse-TradiTionaI Chinese Tood. NoT chop suey or oTher dishes we in America are Tamiliar wiTh, buT shark Tin soup, pigeon eggs, and whole pigeons wrapped in loTus leaves. 1 . I Tor one was guiTe impressed by The excellenT English which some oT The Chinese hosTs spoke. Ivlany oT Them had been educaTed in America. I meT one who wanTed To Talk oT noThing buT baseball and asked eagerly how The Dodgers were doing. I Took a rickshaw ride Through The ciTy oT Keelung. Believe me, I was relucTanT aT TirsT, because The rickshaw boy was so scrawny I Tigured he should be siTTing and I should be pulling. The ciTy is large and Teeming wiTh people and cluTTered wiTh shops where any- Thing Trom bamboo shooTs To beauTiTuI silks can be purchased. IT is very diTlerenT Trom Japan: noT so WesTernized or modern. I saw only a Tew men, who were probably inTluen- Tial businessmen, wearing suiTs and Ties. There were a loT oT men in The olive drab uniTorms hawking wares in The shops and Tilling Tields ouTside The ciTy-men oT The Chinese Army who work aT civilian occupaTions during The Time They're noT undergoing inTensive Training. IT was hoT in Formosa, Tropical in conTrasT To The TemperaTe climaTes oT Japan and Korea, and sudden violenT rainTall Touched The rolling hills inTo brilIianT emerald green. ThaTched-rooTed houses oT liTTle villages were Tucked beTween heavily Toliaged hills and ouTsideIIrhe dusTy Towns were waves oT green rice Tields ThaT moved under The wind like sea swe s. IT was preTTy and Tresh and green counTry, buT iT was diTTiculT To realize, riding There Through crowded liTTle villages where oxen and men did The work oT machines, ThaT This was one oT The world's viTal spoTs, a poliTical volcano which mighT aT any Time erupT and hurTle The peoples oT The earTh inTo ToTal war. I i . . , I

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CHI NESE P RIEST AT PRAYER CHINESE DRAGON RICKETY RICKSHAW MAIN STREET TAI-PEH, FORMOSA