Santa Fe (CL 60) - Naval Cruise Book

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.E xi sig, ,E .,l'f.gE flx'N al , .ga diff: 'li , ag. mtmifs -TEIEQR xi-cr I , .ff Fujiyama, the sacred mountain of fapan, looks down on American troops occupying the empire that thought its destiny was to rule the world. . 3 AT' 'X .W X v 'w 'P 'Y PM -fm ,fx 1 I 1 A 1, ii A i , . ,, f ,, ...A W . I ' , ,'. fi' I 1 V, ,X It , T1 4 ii - I I - Ji -' .Q f I ,ff r' I ll 1 A - F.- a as A A , S S, Y g THE FINAL TASK IS OCCUPATION jg IBERTY in Japan quickly showed the crew that the land of oriental people, shinto shrines and geisha houses they expected to find was eclipsed by the poverty and ruin induced by years of fruitless war. Sasebo's fire-bombed business district was a charred si .gf As liherty expires, all paths lead to the Saseho Fleet Landing. wreckage and the naval base sheltered only crippled remnants of the Imperial Navy. The atomic-bombed area of Nagasaki was nothing but rubble. Tokyo yielded a few meagre souvenirs, more bombed areas, and some glimpses ofthe Emperorls palace. Tiny Ominato offered planes to dismantle for souvenirs but little liberty or recreation. Otaru and Sapporo, untouched by our air- craft, were the best-but still unexciting. In Japan the word constantly on every sailor's lips was Statesf' After a seemingly interminable wait, orders came-and the SANTA FE was going home. g I The ship's photographer poses for camera with smallyzy friends. iv li.. Sidewalk vendors often sell ohjects from their own homlred homes- I igfghpjggjng hloejackets stroll up street to Emperor's palace. 167 -1.-4 um-we f-.Y ... 4.1-4 ,,,,,,s,,44,.A a , . - .L

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,.... I 7, Y Y - fe, AT- , 'M' ' 1' I A NIGHT OUT WITH THE SANTA FE s THE SANTA FEE overhaul was completed and ,ff leave expired, there remained one more thing-the ii IJ iShip's Party. Long Beach provided the hall, Terminal Island the girls, a caterer the chow, and Cali- fornia the girls. Drink, eat, dance and enjoy life was the theme of the evening. Everything was free, paid for by the Shipis Welfare Fund. There was a stage show, a jitterbug contest-and girls. Finally the end came, but it had been fun-and the ship had acquired an even more colorful character. . 2557 Y:,v. '-'. X N Q 9 Winners of the jitterbag eontest by popaiar acclaim, tlze footwork W' va these cats', was strietb' in the groove. Yeah, man! Well entertained by a fast stepping company, -wiliingb not aah' aizgfnentedfrom the audience, it was a good Slzip's party.

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