Philippine Sea (CVA 47) - Naval Cruise Book

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CHOW Remember those CHOW lines? Of course you do. The hot troy from the scullery, the big pans of food, the wciit for the cups ond bowls- sort of like cz Ford Foctory produc- tion line. lt was something you won't ever forget. LIBERTY The burning deck of the LCU the cool pungent Yokosuko night or moybe the quick little Hong Kong water tdxiesqwith the boys eating their rice were but Q few of those moments colled LIBERTY

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'7 V Of, ,fy HOW COULD WE EVER FORGET? Asia in 1954 was the scene of history in the making. To the world, it meant strife and struggle, truces and treaties: to the men of the Phil Sea, it meant endless, expanses of swirling ocean, heat and rain, movies and gedunk , a lot of work and a little pay. To remote observers, '54 was a year of destiny 7 to those who served, it was a never ending chain of indellible impressions and immortal moments. HEAT ou I nt want t a rop trickle down your back but I did, always did Your shirt wa sticky and your face wet an salty, and your swore that a soon as you got back, you' spend the rest of your life in a Y d'd' htd to '1 . .u ,S cl S d ll 1 leas air-conditioned bar, or at crawl up inside a block of ice

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HOLIDAY ROUTI The Boa1'swain's Male awakened you to fell you that you could sleep in. If was a day fo catch up-write leifers, play cards and develop a good case of bed sores. MAIL A liffle piece of home in an envelope perked up The day and Turned The gray bulkheads into pastel shades.