Brush (DD 745) - Naval Cruise Book

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STCRY 0F THE CRUISE fContinuedj the most popular being a day's visit to Tokyo. lt is almost impossible to describe the impact of the sights, sounds and smells of this, the largest of cities, on the newcomer. After BRUSH'S short stay in Yokosuka BRUSH proceeded south to Okinawa, one of the Ryukyu Island chain. Here at the home of the HTea-House of the August Moon the members of the crew were able to go on a fishing trip, have a few swim calls, golf and bowl. Also, they participated in a tiny bit of beer drinking. Fewer BRUSH personnel were run down because, in Okinawa, cars drive on the right side of the road. With sore bodies from all the activities ashore, the men returned to the BRUSH and headed for the next port of call, the pearl of the Orient - Hong Kong. Hong Kong is an international city where goods from all over the world arrive by airliner and Chinese Junk. A city of contrasts where the very rich and the unbelievably poor rub elbows. The days flewby in a whirlwind of sightseeing, shopping and tasting of exotic dishes. Too soon the BRUSH was on her way to Subic Bay, Philippines. Even though the month was November the thermometer wavered between eighty and ninety degrees. With such fine weather it was inevitable that swimming, fishing, water skiing and skin diving were the favorite sports, not to mention that small group of beer drinkers. A few of the men were able to go up to Manila and tour the famous San Miguel Brewery. A few representatives of the beer drinkers club were present and after a few hours of sampling it was agreed that uBrew is Best. A brief stop at Sasebo and then on to Kobe for Christmas. As could be expected quite a few long faces were soon as Christmas approached, but in many cases these were quickly dispelled when the BRUSH brought aboard a large number of Japanese orphans. It was hard to maintain a long face in front of all those upturned smiles. Again, many tours were available for all hands. Kyoto, Osaka, and the famous Takarazuka Girls Theatre were only an hour away by modern Japanese trains. From Kobe the BRUSH spent at safe and sane New Year's at sea and then revisited Sasebo and Okinawa. It sounds as though the BRUSI-lwas on an pleasure cruise. Most of her time in WESTPAC, how- ever, was spent at sea, maintaining ,her icity, traditional to the Navy, as a ready and willing defender of the free world. - -. BRUSH is BEST! tr , fr' 5 V .

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