Cacapon (AO 52) - Naval Cruise Book

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For the crew, after the long voyage from the Philippines, the three day stop-over at Pearl Har- bor, Hawaii was like medicine. For a sailor just back from many months in WESPAC, it felt so nice to Walk among Americans again. It was also the first chance he had to taste real Amer- ican food. Most of the men visited Honolulu and famous Waikiki Beach where they relaxed and took life easy. The USS Arizona Memorial, below, enshrines the famous battleship sunk by the Japanese during their attack on Pearl Harbor. The memorial is inscribed with the names of the 1177 men who went down with the ship.

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Caohsiung, Formosa is a port that every ship in the Seventh Fleet would like to stop at. This is because the prices are very low and the girls are plentiful. This little island is only one hundred miles from the Red Chinese mainland, so the port city is heavily fortified against attack. Because Formosa does not recognize the copyright laws of other nations you can buy an exact copy of an expen- sive book or record album very cheaply. This is of course illegal, is is ag

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