Wasp (CV 18) - Naval Cruise Book

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JAPAN Our arrival in Japan is preceded by a slight air ol: apprehension among the First cruisers and the know-it-all look ol: the old salts who had previously visited the Land ol: the l2ising Sun. We travel up to Yokoha- ma...rest at the Q and Q hotels...see the Emperor's palace and the Ginza market in Tokyo. We try to buy everything From carved ivory to bicycles, developing the knack orc talking down the price ot things with shrewd merchants...we return to the ship loaded down with our many purchases... confident we've driven a hard bargain For Ubesto price.

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The Manila boy scouts visit. They like us, as well as our ice Crearn...and the Feeling is mutual. 44' ' Ultuuupq Later in the evening we play host to the boy scouts' big sisters. Our hangar cleclc is sure hard on shoe leatherl I, , 'V ,Q e X So vve show them our guns ...our horne...our planes. They leave very happy...ancl we have letters from them to prove it. 'K' if r I

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-1. hir-bday We M l I b ,, r is i The Daihutsu CGreat Buclclhal at Karnakura looms L12 lf2 Peet above the Nippon landscape. Weighing Q2 tons, this statue was built seven centuries ago.