Casa Grande (LSD 13) - Naval Cruise Book

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HSN ss THE GREAT URTHER All 'l'haP ice and no scoPchl' The winds blow, Phe seas rage, Phe lowering skies hurPle blinding whiPe pellePs Po earfh. And above Phe shreik of Phe winds can be heard a horrible, mournful laughPer as from wiPhin Phe ominous whorls of black cloud a long, bony Pinger-uPPerly free of skin-poinPs Poward a Piny speck Possing among 'Phe moving mounPains of foam. And now, we see, Phe speck is a ship-a ship wiPh a large whiPe PhirPeen painred upon her bow, and flying Phe ensign of Phe UniPed SPa'l'es. On and on she labors-rolling, sPaggering, heaving, hurling back wave a'FPer crushing wave in grim defiance of Phe elemenPs. WiPhin, Pwo hundred and PiPPy weary souls-hungry, sleepless, baPPered, lonely- curse Phe luck PhaP broughP Phem here and dream of homes now Par asfern. And all Phe while, above Phem, PhaP knarled, bony Pinger Praces Pheir halPing progress Phrough Phe PempesP, norPhward-ever nor-Phward . . . Suddenly, Land ho! Prom Phe crow's nesP as now a huge, black, iagged shoreline looms beyond Phe Powering cresPs of waves. lP is Greenland, Pheir desPinaPion, Phe barren, rocky, icy home of Phe gods who spawn Phe Perrible PempesPs of Phe ArcPic-gods iealous oP Pheir 'Frozen land and raging aP Phe audaciPy of Phese inPruding morPals. Gods who now draw 'from Pheir arsenal Phe horrible weapons of ice and snow and biPPer cold wiPh which, by Phunder, Phey'lI imprison 'Forever in Pheir ArcPic vasPness Phis ship which dares invade Pheir Preasured wasPeland. And while gods gird for ba'PPle, men and ship move sPeadily closer -J, a.,.,,.....e,.v, W , W ,.,..-,..f... R P i5i'::' ,a,,,.,,, , s,...w,-W..-ee..vss.1- .,.as.......f'e3'zL ,es - ,xfqpfirz , 1 gay Ltr? . knee ici 'r' ' 1 MounP Dundee of Thule So'ndresProm . . . a girl behind every Pree. i TNHHHQ NV G U1 -I xl Om EO: CS QW' UIT1 av' 1 ' 1 l ISE 7 ri-IULE f i I in I yea 60 N up Phe Piord, liPPle knowing how-Par from ended-Pheir baPPles have iusP begun: liPPle suspecPing how long Phey are Po bear Phe aching hunger for wife and misPress and sweePhearP-liPPle realizing how happy Phey shall be aP lasP Po Pace again, in Pheir odyssey, Phose sPorm-swepP seas l'wixP Phem and Pheir beloved homeland. And knowing Phis, FaPe poinPs down aP Phem from Phrough iPs cloudy shroud and laughs ever louder i'l's mournful, hideous laugh . . , Al?S3fif52'SeSUAK 6.

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Wednesday Segn'.ernlaF-.ir T954 underway from PorT Newark Termi- nal, Newark, New Jerzey, To Thule, Greenland . . . Tuesday,28 Sep e:n'rlQeri 11954 siqlrl- ed Tirs+ iceberrjg, My if ,V,1 V i Wednesday 'ZQLNTS-eplenwber' I954' . crossed Arclic Circle faT'5E5O13-6 W. Blue Nose cerifificfflies issued To Those on board. VHAT PRICE FRIEES? Wednesday T29 Saeplremloer I954 DARl.lNlf5,'C.V., CS2, USN, while worlcinq in The gal- ley susTained minoffburns on riglil anlce when lie slipped and fell. 1 1 I . 1 l l THE STRICT IECKERT, HM3 made l1im slay in his bunkl if f, ' 5 VM V 0 W' y wk ' THE STRICKEN lHe read Mickey Spillanel