Leyte (CV 32) - Naval Cruise Book

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SASEBO AS SEEN BY OUR EGG BEATER Leyte Motorboat-Best in the East! The PX, Sasebo River and Fleet Landing Grand Central

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SASEBO -ocromsn so - NQVEMBER 4th ALL work and no play on the LEYTEYS part was knocking hell out of the Ko-Reds, but we gave groundvto another enemy-boredom. It was a pleasant loss though, our concession being a brief but pleasurable return to Sasebo. In five days the LEYTE LADS had this ex-.lapanese naval stronghold pretty well cased. They knew for instance, how to say Papa-san and Mama-san, Where lay Blackmarket Row, that each Son of Nippon is born with a built in giggle, and all in all, that a guy could pitch a good liberty. Wilfmkdeverw-4-t-ww , 4 , A f sv -2 -6-W. 2? U 11511111 - To thg YA '-'J . After the PX on to Robbefs Row- sometimes referred to as Black Market Alley

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SASEBO is situated on the southernmost of the four main Japanese islands, Kyushu. Nearb is 9 , Y Kyushus largest port, Nagasaki, which had tl1e unenviable honor of being the recipient of the third A Bomb. f . Sasebo was headquarters of tl1e Third Japanese Naval district'during World War II and still is a major Naval Base. ' The harbor is situated at the foot hills of the Dyushu Range of mountains which extend from north to south on tl1e island. The city was devastated somewhat during tl1e War, but has been mostly re- built. The outlying districts of Sasebo comprise many small towns and villages in which are some of tl1e famous l1ot springs of Japan. Before tl1e war the district was a 'must for sightseers, as it is com- posed of many beautiful and inspiring peaks and valleys. Sasebo harbor was frequented by Dutch and Spanish trading ships in the 16th century. Through this tl1e Japanese were able to come in contact with the first phases of Western learning. The Eu- ropean ideas of medicine, botany and military arts were recorded in Nagasaki as early as the 16th century. It was here that St. Francis Xavier first introduced Christianity into Japan. I w Two views of the .harbor at Sasebo