Taussig (DDG 746) - Naval Cruise Book

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J ,X ,, 6 , 1 QQ .U WM. l , is , A ' fx ff Q 5 f Z t Q if K2 E 1 Fourty Taussig men enjoy themselves on the bus enroute to This unique altar catches the eye of all who visit the church the largest sugar cane refinery in the world at Victoria only at Victoria. 35 miles from Bacolod City. At the trade school on the grounds of the refinery yotmg boys Fireman MANOOKIAN discusses the educational curricu are trained in many of the vocations neededin the mill. This lum with one of the vocational instructors. example of vocat1onal education far surpasses even United States' vocational schools. E x 9 X

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Porter, Woodruff, Stretch , O'Neil, Smith, Washington, Give me the old soft shoe and nothing else Haydu, Williams and a few friends. will do .... With the Taussig's People-to-People mission drawing to a close several of the men pose for one last picture with some of their new-found friends of Bacolod before returning to the next assignment on the line in Vietnam. I, feel as though I was leaving my family in Bacolod commented one Taussig sailor as he reluc- tantly departed.