Bremerton (CA 130) - Naval Cruise Book

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Heading out to sea again and the giant amphibious training exercise known as Operation Beacon Hill, we retueled in spite ot stormy conditions, and plowed through some genuine gale seas before we joined the Task Force. We got another glimpse ot the Philippines from Dingalan Bay, where the war games were concentrated. Twice more during the long exercise we took on tuel, tood and ammunition at sea before we swung around for Japan once again.

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hill' xcl 4' The green shores ot Japan looked mighty good after 22 days at sea. The cherry blossoms were almost out when we returned to the Inland Sea tor a tour-day visit in one ot .lapan's major industrial and cultural areas. Kobe lived up to its reputation as a good liberty port with a mixture ot old customs, new buildings, and colortul shopping centers. And within a tew I hours touring radius ot .lapan's second-largest port we found a wealth ot things to see. There was a variety of places to frequent For refreshments.