Boston (CAG 1) - Naval Cruise Book

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Follow Route 12S to Exit 85 . Moments You if Probably Don ' t Remember From top to bottom : An unidentified sailor in the ijrocess of checking out a registered publication. No, Smedley, it ' s not the new uniform. They ' re civilian guests. As soon as this nut with the camera leaves break out the dice and the dough. Hey fellas, why are you taking my picture? I ' m the photographer around here. What do you mean, who does my hair? I think it looks rather cool myself.

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,k: «i u Since time immemorial, men liave plied the sea in ships. Halbert was on the first one. The whole CIC crew gathers round while Newcombe explains the advantage of clean living. Goodwin practices writing his name. Horner and Bowdre after 2 days out of Boston figure out which section has the duty on 2 2 December. Commander Absher explains to the P.O. in charge how they used to do it when he was a mess cook. I sure wish I had a real horse. This man thinks he ' s getting a refresh- ing, cool drink of water. Actually, the Engineers, real wits, have filled the scuttlebut with hydrochloric acid. %A Actually, I ' m a pacifist. Hey, is that water you ' re drinking? Wow, she ' s got last month ' s beat by a mile. Yep, I read ' em all. $ ' Aw gee, I brushed three times this morn- mg. Yeah, and I heard we ' re goin ' in the yards for eight months. r t?: ' r ' Now, when I was in boot camp . . . A giant of a man was Paul Bunyan. ' It ' s been an exhausting cruise. Another crap game broken up. 1- The increasingly complex tasks which confront our modern Navy reiiuire the services of highly Iraineil lochnicians. Koast beef again ' '

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' Welcome aboard the USS BOSTON. Tm setting fed A new recruit ' s first night aboard. His second night aboard. A r t His third night aboard. If you thinly I ' m going to stand pier sentry in this snow, you ' re nuts. I ' m too short. lu ' price of lilterty is eternal vigilance.