Lexington (CV 16) - Naval Cruise Book

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7 LIBERTY e I Qzidhi-'ang SYHG-H Such was the familiar American but th PC Boanded strange in the mystic oi the Orient- 9 fulemlb' and beer was genuine and good, 0 I. s .fl - X A A . X I . :- c.. i '1 N, ai . K Extravagant kimonos are a thing of the past. Loose pajqmq. type clothes provide freer movement and have been adopted bb' most Iapanese women. Men. women and children all wear wooden clogs. The hung of dead end kids pictured above are mucn more friendly than they appear-or they appeared ml1Ch ' h to rapher more friendly than they are. Here a Lexington p o g otiered to sell one lap a pack of smokes and before he could reach them a small mob assembled to buy some t00- Clgs sold at two dollars a pack. Occasionally a small nsn passea mrougu me ........., .....-- ways that were diseased and contaminated by cut-in sewage mains. Ever on the alert were the many fishermen who spent their days sitting on the stone wall just waiting for the day's ration to swim by.

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Transportation found no problems lor the pedestrian. In- frequently a trolley, similar to a Toonerville. jammed full ol riders, bounded along the tracks. U. S. military vehicles made the oxcarts and charcoal burner cars look quite obso- lete. Subway trains ran throughout the day. ,- .z '74 f.l,glxg: fl - ,ML .',...... , me-.rffis wr .TTf,+,t.t.. ,1 fs, - , The climate in the Far East is much the same as in our own Eastem states. Rainy weather finds these two fair CPD maidens prepared only with two shabby umbrellas. .X r Small souvenir concessions crowded the streets, of Yokosuka as the Lexington sailors scurried around the town for tokens of the Far East. A tew idle trinkets, a substantial box, and a Iapanese saleswoman with her family waddling nearby constituted the capacity of the individual chains. LIBERTY 7, 1 i f 5- vw, 'Fe :-i '-55 bombs have no eyes. Poorly constructed wooden homes lust outside the city limits of Tokyo crumbled from the nearby blasts. Fire played havoc with the dry wooden shingles and mutilated endless rows of houses.

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LIBERTY TOQYU ,i 'W- It was an all-hands iob for the men. women andlchildren ot Iapan in clearing away the bombed areas.. Silently they attended to their countless chores as U. S. military personnel imarched continuously by them throughout the day. nn... f J g faf J Z 'HZ' l f' , 1 'f WI' I M E in . J 'fe G 7 f I Illig ! if .lb 2 ta, 1 ' . A ff vita-1? B , e g V5 22 'l,, W. - an ly -' . Q f - , . f V -if J' M 7 wl' T? My v . if? :Q The Small Children Were b?Wilde1'Qd 'ff' me Sight oi the A few blueiackets braved the Iapanese barber shops and AUIBTICCI1 UOOPS Who 0CQUPl9d' their Cities but SVGUUIUUY had themselves prettied-up. No shaves were given, however. mere WOO Ove! by U16 fI'1e!1dlY WHY of fhe G-I-S - - - and lt was too short cr time after the capitulation to let the fallen 911' gum- foe get near your throat with a razor.