Samuel B Roberts (DD 823) - Naval Cruise Book

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5 4 l f l mzzmry 25, 1955 SYNGIX REM, A .'.'f Q v 1- I Q Q r Messma foie: fave fo enloy Singapore! Bofamcel Garden L me . , , 15 ' fx' 4 , I F A couple of our officers obviously enioying flue sighfs. ji' . --'uh' 'if .,...-- . vw' . American Club The Caflway House conlained e movie fhealre and 'T' -'ru Y .,f'lV K .. . in ,. mg, , 1' M.,- ff- -fl' f ,A 5 V if ,J gy

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n x , ,n ,Q ,hx A 4-r 1 f We couldn'f decide which of the two Tiger Balm Gardens we visited was the most. s IQ'-i-ff Singapore is at the foot of the Malay Peninsula and separated from it by a narrow body of water. It easily rates the title of the mixing pot of the Orient. Here we found Chinese, Indians, Malayans and all the other races of the East. Yet each group was carefully separated and had their own customs, modes of dress and racial habits. Singapore is a free port and those of us who still had any money left, or a yen for it, did get some fine things when we shopped. We also found another Tiger Balm Carden and a beautiful park full of monkeys. An altogether fascinating place, Singapore. The Gordon was very popular iudging from the crowd. , l ,,,' lvllll f .

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