Midway (CVA 41) - Naval Cruise Book

 - Class of 1962

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WHY Almost before the ink was dry on the surrender documents signed aboard the USS Missouri, signifying to an anxious and hopeful world the end of World War II, the Cold War began. Now, 17 years later, the Cold War is still with us. The headlines scream Major Red Push Seen in Vietnam , ' ■ Surprise Deadline Perils Laos Pact , No Progress on Berlin, JFK Reports almost daily again and again to remind us that we are living with the phenomenon of the 20th Century Cold War, which may, at any given moment, at any number of given spots, ignite into a conflagration engulfing possibly all Mankind. The Midway, as a part of the powerful U. S. Seventh Fleet deterrent force in the Far East, has been, during her 1962 deployment, more naturally concerned with possible flare-ups in her sector of operations then with, for instance, Berlin, thousands of miles away, though it is wise to remember that the Cold War is properly seen as a world-wide struggle for the heart, mind and soul of Man. The chief sensitive area in the Western Pacific in 1962 has been that of Southeast Asia, centered in Laos and South and North Vietnam, all part of the old, pre-World War II French Empire, referred to at the time as French Indo-China. Land-locked Laos, agreed at the conference tables of Geneva to a neutrality pact between her three vying princes, and her neutrality has been termed settled by one of the princes. Prime Minister Souvanna Phouma. Laos is a very small country with 1,000 kilometers of common border with Communist countries, while also bordering with SEATO member Thailand to the west. The Laotian Prime Minister said that if Laos, situated as it is between East and West, is to avoid war she must remain non-aligned. For South and North Vietnam, with their eastern border on the South China Sea, the struggle between East and West, between North and South Vietnam, continues. At the Geneva Conference of 1954, Vietnam was divided at approximately the 17th parallel, the Communists occupying the northern half of the formerly-unified area with their capital at Hanoi, while the independent and pro-western government occupies the southern portion with its capital at Saigon. The Communists have not, however, been satisfied with this settlement, (though considered favorable to them at the time) and have, on an ever-increasing scale, sought to infiltrate, undermine and eventually take-over the pro-western Government of South Vietnam. To prevent this, as well as to prevent any Communists conquest in the vast and vitally important area of Asia, the Midway, for the greater part of 1962, was on station, ready, a friend of Freedom.

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CONTENTS Why 4 The Life We Leave San Francisco 8 The Life We Live On Board 20 The Life We See Hawaii 60 Japan 76 Hong Kong 116 Philippines (and Okinawa) 128 The Life We Lead Personnel 138 In Memorium 306



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It is, in fact, a measure of the success of tlie U. S. foreign policy of firmness, fairness and flexibility that, outside Korea, the Cold War has remained just that, a cold war, and has not erupted into a holocaust that almost surely would be named World War III, and which would almost as surely disfigure the face of the earth, throwing mankind back several centuries. That the U. S. can pursue such a foreign policy in a troubled and potentially-explosive world atmosphere can be explained, in part, by the overall strength of the United States. For a re- alistic foreign policy in 1962, must be based on strength, as well as justice, if it is to be succes- sful. In no small way, the success or failure of this image of strength the U. S. projects throughout the world, depends upon the personnel of the Armed Forces of the United States, and in particular upon the Navymen of the Fleets because of their mobility and frequent contacts with the various peoples of the world.

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