Alamo (LSD 33) - Naval Cruise Book

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WE DELIVER. . . We Deliver - Anything, Anytime, Anywhere is the motto we live by. After dropping the LCU ' s off in Danang we picked up our pile driver. Some of us were sure it was actually a missile gantry, complete with blockliouse. We squeezed it into the well deck and headed for Subic. Once in Subic we unloaded the pile driver and re- fueled, leaving just in time to meet a typhoon out- side the harbor. Would the ship ever stop rolling? On our way to Apra Harbor, Guam we spotted a derelict junk. After a brief inspection we contin- ued on our way. A PILE DRIVER AND A SLUDGE BARGE Loading the sludge barge, we headed back to the P. I. for our first liberty in a foreign port.

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Danang was our homeport while in WESTPAC. The dark green mountains streaked with mud slides and veiled in clouds were familiar sights. The city it- self, with the deep water piers, fleet landing and the tree lined banks of the river, was our logistics base at which we picked up Marine equipment, sup- plies. Good Humor products, and about everything else that anyone could think of. For Danang is not a liberty port, but if you went on official business there was no reason not to stop off at the club, for business purposes, of course. Sitf

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OLONGAPO DELIVERS. . . Olongapo Delivers - Anything, Anytime, Any price. This is the town that Seventh Fleet built. Bars and clubs sport ships ' names all along its crowded streets. Once you pass over the bridge you are in a make-believe world where dreams come true and love at first sight is a reality. Although it is dirty and hardly sophisti- cated, after sLxty days on the line no one seems to notice. After a while, one gets used to monkey meat and San Miguel. However, balutes take some practice. BEER X ScdiAyj acilo .