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ai I fact. Remember the Australians who, though more like us than any other people we saw, still felt and thought quite differently at times. VVhen walking down the main street back home, think a little, of the towns on Samar on the people sleeping in the streets of Singapore. At times, recall the people of Greece and the cargo of food we brought there for UNRRA..Mayhap at some future date, Trincomalee and Aden will flash across our mind as containing people who also wish to live a happy life. Naturally, these things will not loom large in comparison to our own life and problems in it. But remember them a little when we in the United States are asked to take a part in world affairs, for indirectly they affect us and must be considered in reaching a mature solution. In our time in the Navy, we have been active in both war and in peace. VVe have been on a ship that has served in some way in both these functions, and in so doing we have seen quite a few parts of this world. VVe have had many experiences, ranging from chipping decks and liberty in Norfolk to seeing the ruins of ancient Greece and being a part of a world organization for peace. XVe have tried to sketch all these things and to indicate the importance they deserve - past, present, and future. XVhat might seem unimportant or unpleasant now will quite possibly change its figure under the effects of time. As these things settle into the background of the past and are recalled, they should provide pleasant memories, possibly even ideas of some import. 4-,jx fi I B l lu 125 fy -:WW M 1 ,ff , - WMM aff I That's the new guy, he was ' on Samar for 2 years. C547
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HOME - Norfolk and Beyond - The cycle and the circle are now complete, Norfolk and 'discharge are in the offering With the trip completed and the end of a Navy career in sight for many of us, naturally thoughts of the future are uppermost in our minds What were dreams in Samar are fast becoming reality Many are wondering how future f1Ct1-OHS will compare w1th the facts of -our travel No matter what the future holds in store - and the results will be widely varied with so large a group as we make -- no doubt, now and then, thoughts are likely to return to the Marquette her crew and her first cruise To some it may loom large as a high point in life to others of us it may be only an incident Yet no matter what the estimate, there are things well worth considering and remembering As far as the Navy itself is concerned, we have seen it in many aspects There have been training periods, elementary phases at boot camp, and more advanced operational schools, such as Fort Pierce and Newport. We have seen, either directly or indirectly, the amount of effort required to build and outfit a single ship at Kearny, New York, and Norfolk. Then there were the days of combining the men and the ship into an operating . n n , . Q . . . . 7 f . . . ' O O 0 0 I I . . G . Q . . v , . . 1 n 1 . . . . . , , y . ' I u u , L L , . . . . t. . . . . 1 unit from New York to Pearl Harbor. At the moment, any single incident might not seem to have amounted to much, but, adding all the factors in both personnel and material columns, under such headings as gunnery, engineering, radar, or small boats, we have an impressive total. Then multiply by all the ships in the Navy and we find we were in quite an organization after all. In fact, we were in the greatest Navy this world has ever seen. Somebody remarked that you don't get to know a fellow until you have eaten with him played cards with him, and gotten drunk with him. All in all, on this score, we have had plenty of opportunity to get to know our shipmates. Perhaps we were surprised at first to find that the fellow from Kansas Wore shoes like the rest of us, or that the chap from New York did not carry around a ready-made contract for the sale of the Brooklyn Bridge in his pocket. More than likely, we were wised up to these old mistakes in judg- ment quite a while ago. No matter how shopworn and trite these observations may seem at the moment, if they are recalled in a few years they may shake us out of -our rut once again. ! More than having a chance to get to know our own countrymen, we have had a chance to see the countries and the peoples around the world. Lion Feuchtwanger in his book, The Defvil in France, mentions that fewer people are capable of experiencing things than is comm-only supposed, the average man compares his experiences only in reference to a few familiar sources, such as radio, movies, or newspapers, and prejudging them on that limited basis. At least we have had opportunity to be exposed to a wider range of experience in a few months than do most people in a lifetime. Let the words of the prophet Isaiah never apply to us: Seeing many things but thou observeth not, ' Opening the ears, but he heareth not . At times we have made this book little more than a photographic record, both by word and picture. We hope, however, that it will induce deeper memories than those of bare 53 Y CD l
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U.S.S. Place New York New York Cristobal, C. Z. Pearl Harbor, T4 H. Guam, M. I. Manus, A. I. MARQUETTE CAKA 955 Summary Log From 6!20f45 6!30!45 In Port Underway Days Days Mzles A To ' A ' Q 9 ,g 911 1 350 Norfolk, Virginia 7f1f45 8f1f45 31 7 9 1975 1 A 15 28 12 14 3 1 7 13 10 Brisbane, Australia Samar, P. I. Singapore, S. S. Trincomalee, Ceylon Aden, Arabia Suez, Egypt Port Said, Egypt Piraeus, Greece Norfolk, Virginia Totals Qplus misc. and Shakedown steaming I of 1900 miles added to miles col.j ,., , 8f7f45 8f8f45 4795 8f23f45 9f20f45 5 3845 10f2f45 10f16f45 1106 10f19f45 10f20f45 1925 10f27f45 11f9f45 3385 11f19f45 2f19f46 87 5 1575 2f24f46 2f26f46 2 5 1491 3f3f46 3f5f46 2 75 2458 3f12f46 3f14f46 2 4 1330 3f18f46l 3f20f46 2 5 90 3f20f46 3f22f46 2 2 597 3f24f46 4f2f46 9 17 5197 4f19f46 present - - -- 205 96 31,659 . 9. . 55,91 x -. 1 'I 145 4231 9 ,.:1..99fff99af J ,- ' 3,3-,ig-.2-.f.5-gr W
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