Bremerton (CA 130) - Naval Cruise Book

Page 7 text:

IV: -Ei n E ss CALL TO DUTY TO ARMS, TQ ARMS, Tl-IE BRITISH ARE COMING. In I776 fhis call broughf forfh a nafion of men who believed in fighfing for fhe independence and dignify of self-governmenf. In fhe summer of l95O American fighfing men answered anofher call, fhaf of fhe Unifed Nafions, fo defend free peoples againsf aggression. If is nof a popular war. Whaf war is? If has been a sfrange, bewildering war, nof even called a war. If is falcing place in a remofe oufposf of Asia, Korea, a place few of us had heard of before fhaf summer of '5O. Yef, looming far above all descripfion is fhe facf fhaf fhis is fhe firsf real affempf of a body of nafions fo enforce ihfernafional peace and freedom. On June I2, I952 fhe USS BREIVIERTON, CA-I3O, formally enfered fhe Korean conflicf firing ifs firsf rounds af fhe enemy. Our crew has come from all wallcs of life, nafionalifies, and religions, buf, unifed as one in couhfry and service we worked, foughf, and did our parf in answering Tl-IE CALL OI: DUTY. This is our book, a parf of our sfory. If is merely fhe beginning. Before we may puf Korea behind us many more chapfers will have been added. The end may never be wriffen in our fime. - if God granf fhaf we have added one more sfepping sfone on fhe long road fo a frue governmenf of fhe people, by fhe people, for all fhe peoples of fhe world.

Page 6 text:

DEDICATIGN f ., 1, .- 7' -Q SX . 4 5 ,la xl ll ll wil V sill lla N30 W sl if N f On lo Sepfember i952 Chief Warranf lvlachinisf lvlafe Harold H. Anglin, USN, passed away from a suddenf hearf affaclc. He had served ninefeen years in fhe Navy and Came fo fhe BREMERTON affer a four of dufy af fhe Naval Sfafion in San Diego. He was a man of fhe sea, a man dedicafed fo fhe service of his counfry and fo fhe profession which he proudly followed. The officers and men of fhe USS BREMERTON dedicafed fhis, fheir book, fo him, shipmafe and friend. I rnnst go down to the seas again, to the ldnely sea and sky, And all I ask is a tall ship and a star to steer her hy, I ' And the wheel's kick and the windis song and the white sailis shaking, And a gray rnist on the sea's face and a gray dawn breaking. I rnnst go down to the seas again, for the call of the running tide g Is a wild call and a clear call that inay not he denied g And all I ask is a windy day with the white clouds flying, And the flnng spray, and the hlown spnine, and the seagnlls crying. I innst go down to the seas again to the vagrant gypsy life, To the gnll's way and thle whaleis way where the wind's like a whetted knife, And all I ask is a rnerry song from a laughing fellow-rover, And qniet sleep and a sweet drearn when the long trick's over. ' I JOHN MASEFIELD.

Page 8 text:

KKi . .17 T I I E! I R in glam o EcIiTor .... AssociaTer EdiTor . FeaTure STaTT . ArT STaTT-EdiTor . PhoTographers . Business STaIT .. i ENS A. P. AUSTIN I ENS M. J. BOSSE me M..1.wEsTBRooK ENS R. E. Jfwcox CPL H. E. BOWMAN CPL R.V. RAINES J. L. PAZ, SN C. A. RODRIGUEZ, SN TXSGTJ. E. .monies I-I.. F. o'RouRKE, PH3 ENS R. U. MORRISON ENS J. C. ELDER . EDITOR S NOTE AII phoTographs are oTFiciaI U.S. NAVY phoTographs or were conTriIouTed by The personneI of The USS BREMERTON. The descripTive .arTioIes herein are wriTTen in The Torm oT an open IeTTer. Opinions conTainecI Therein are Those oT The wriTers and do noT necessarily express The views oT The U.S. NAVY.