Bremerton (CA 130) - Naval Cruise Book

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HLA Under the balmy skies of a tropical winter, Bremerton eased into historic Manila Bay-dscene of Admiral De-wey's famous coup over the Spanish Fleet in i898 and still dangerously occupied by the sunken hulks of World War Il ships-for a three-day visit to the capital city of the Philippine Republic. For most of us it was a sunny and delightful introduction to a new land, a new way of life, and a new set of unique contrasts. Manila was the second most-devastated city in World War ll-only Warsaw was more completely leveled--- and we found war scars still uncovered by the thriving new city. Wide boulevards, modern office buildings, and elegant hotels rise near the ancient Spanish walled city, lntramurous, which still dominates the downtown landscape although crumbling with age, pack-marked with shell holes, and inhabited by flimsy slum dwellings. The widespread use of English helped us get around, and the warm-heartedness of the Filipinos-who became independent from the United States in i947-won our hearts. Q, 'ff' w1w-Mast' 1ff1-'-2 W'..::1 -' ' L--...-V:---'QTY 1-'1 vm --- - -- ---- -iw - - W

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