Mount Vernon (AP 22) - Naval Cruise Book

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1 gee: .av-ce. ' M' e' 1 be so 1 gg. Vw a 'i rw 7 as W 'ri -' Lg! 4,4 S' . 1 , K Ning A K y, X X L x . 0 .3-7 25,2 ,, g ,c ..1N.,h,.j?. :aj l - a- mis? ' . ' X i3-n-'l1fW'fgJ' 4 - f I t 4 . Q ' , 2,1 'Q 15 , , by f We J- S . - -xrbgyg-1X 'I Lf v K .- ls rv . X all 9 :D 5 J P covered mounlains rising high in 'rhe disfance gave rhe New Guinea coasl' a forbidding bu'r almosf elhereal appearance. The ship enlered Milne Bay wilh caufion as charls and navigalional aids along 'rhe Guinea coasf were many 'rimes inaccurale. During lhe slay, however, evidence of file alm lrees and jungle along 'rhe beach agains+ lhe backdrop of misf

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A e I9 ., , The faciliries for care of +he pa- +ien+s were comparable 'ro any hos- pifal ship's. Under +he direcfion of Dr. Taber, lhe medical deparfmenf had been organized. Under Dr. Jos+es' direc+ion, ii' had been en- df' larged and improved. A new oper- a+ing room had replaced fhe board- on-ba+h+ub apparafus formerly in use. From Fiii fo San Francisco, fhese pa1'ien+s had uninferrupfed medical care.

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Lx ,,1 Y! 1 i 1 f 4 I i I 5 Q . 1 vi - i 's Sig s -f Y ,fn . UV uri' sf as-ji' V, 1 1' ih ounir became appareni. Beyond +he sand real characferisfics o e c y beaches was mud and fhe boiling humidiiy of fhe air wi+h ihe cons+an+ Ci f I 'a and fungus infecrion in 'rhe jungle. Troops were de- anger o ma ara bariced on +he beach and +he ship sfeamed away from ihe area. For- +una+ely, +he s+ay had nor been a long one.