Cavalier (APA 37) - Naval Cruise Book

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' with a check in the 'gauging a short ceremony, miss cavalier was presented amount of S2,000, qontributed by personnel on board, to be used in aiding her to recovery after being crippled by polio. on board there was much confusion and hurrying by H1059 Wl10 Were oing on leave the ood 'was swamped with requests, qUeSfi0hS and 9, - . dignitaries coming andfgoing, as well as guests. at last the leave arty was gone f Jignitaries had gone and life again slowed to P 1 , 1 its normal pace e icurtain was rung down on another chapter in the history of the wvaliee- dab me ' - 'v' A+, , -r , N ,,,,,,.,,p0v .N x... ' - .iv X cf' QQ T'f'k

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l i 1 1 Q J N long beac 23 april 1954 08 to 'I2 0841 moored port side to berth b-12, long beach, california. the sky was overcast when we arrived but the weather failed to dampen spirits as the guardrails were lined witl- A' 'snnel anxiously searching the sea of faces of relatives and frie .1 the dock who were awaiting the sl1ip's arrival. also on '-'fnd to greet us was the navy band playing rousing marches fitting for the occasion. down on the dock the recreation committee assembled around mr. and mrs. elrod, their son and their small daughter, synda iean, whom the - ff' rs and men of the cavalier had elected as miss cavalier. after o ice , , 4. 1 1 l ' H ' Y'Yj j' fm, Y V Y A ,,

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religou activitie t ...L - because transport division fifteen has been stationed aboard the division chaplain has made me his headquarters. protestant services were held regularly, almost every sunday, with chaplain collins in charge. roman catholic services were held whenever it was possible to secure civilian priests or chaplains from other ships. several marine roman catholic chaplains were with us on landing ever- cises and conducted mass and special services for the catholic men. during our iwo iima exercise, we were privileged to have a jewish chaplain aboard, quite unusual for any ship. regular bible study classes have been held on tuesday evenings and in the absence of the chaplain, the services have continued under the leadership of the class officers. when the chaplain has been absent, sewing on other ships, often the captain has conducted protestant services, assisted by members of the ship's company and staff. some of our most interestiig experiences overseas were in visiting orphanages and children's homesin iapan and korea. a group of our men located a small orphanage,Nthe sung ae wong orphanage, in inchon, and came back insisting that pos- sibly the crew could do something for them. a larger group r lO4