Joseph Hewes (FF 1078) - Naval Cruise Book

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KAVE Sixty crew members volunteered to participate in the Karachi Volunteer EITort. Initiallv. personnel were scheduled to renovate a Leper Colons . but due to rioting in the area, the ship ' s project was trans- ferred (much to everyone ' s delight) to the Dar L ' l Sukun Home for the Mentally Retarded. There vol- unteers painted and repaired furniture. V-ft GMG2(SW| RUTH paints outdoor furniture, while DCFN ALMON, MMFN DUONG BM3 TOWNSEND. and STGl McADAM do the same. Having been severely burnt by a So- viet incendiary bomb in Afghanistan, this orphan (his parent s were killed in the raid) did his best to help us paint with his only good hand, which had only one finger, his thumb. ' Ig ' V. Teamwork, GMM2(SW) PREVOST and STGl McADAM. BMl(SW) RAUCH swears the man behind him looks like Santa. SN BALDANI and FCC(SW) ZURBRICK are exhausted after a day ' s work. 81

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KARACHI Karachi, Pakistan, on the other hand, has to be one of the filthiest places in the world, and was unanimously every crew members ' least favorite port of call. Rank odors and litter consumed the city. The roads were con- gested with tacky-looking vehicles, horse or donkey driv- en carts and carriages, and freely roaming animals. Drinking and dancing were forbidden under Pakistani law, and eating the local food was strongly discouraged since the chances of getting extremely sick from it were high. As it was, most of the crew got sick from taking the malaria pills, which every person had to take for health reasons. The only redeeming factors about the city were the outstanding bargains one could get buying rose wood, onyx, or rug products. If anything, seeing Karachi, allowed us to realize how fortunate we are to be from an advanced and free nation. Boy! Was it a great feeling to leave Karachi! One of the groovy buses Monkey business on the street. 80

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VILLEFRANCHE Located on the French Riviera. Viile- franche was a much welcomed port visit after having come from Pakistan. The town had nu- merous cafes and bars for those who wanted to relax, plenty of topless beaches for the in- quisitive, a fort and deserted castle for the ad- venturous, and a train station which connect- ed the town to the nearby cities of Nice to the west and Monte Carlo to the east. Many dis- covered Monte Carlo to be a gamblers para- dise. JOSEPH HEWES LT BOCCHICCHIO is happy to get off the ship. MSI HENSON and DCl(SW) DERRINGTON debate about where the Gut is. MIDN TRAN, meanwhile, enjoys a ' sweet summer cruise. MM HSW)RINEHART.ENCS(SW) WILSON, and MMCM(S V)TENNEY have just about exhausted their patience and want the boat to leave! The entrance to the palace in .Monaco. USS JOSEPH HEWES at dusk. 82