Coral Sea (CVA 43) - Naval Cruise Book

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The Enhsted Mens Club of fers a sanctuary of relaxatlon and entertainment after end less hours of trammg and work At the end of the day, no picture could better describe the quiet that comes with be- ing at anchor than this scene from the flight deck. A D AT THE END O TH DAY..

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'I -f I After a, long day at Fhght Quarters, the last plane comes aboard

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PORT A U PRINCE nl - .1 '- 'Is As 1mportant to any training program as con stant effort and good results is a few hours of planned relaxation Our week end V1Slt to Port au Prince on the lsland of Haiti was Just that a break in work and the pressure of routine Many miles away from the ship, two sailors look down from a restaurant terrace on a city of dryness and heat While in the streets below, a sidewalk vendor proves that ln Haiti mahogany goods can be bought as easily in the streets as in a store. The many fashionable hotels that hide in the coolness of the hills seem to impose themselves on an other- wise consistent scene of black faces and motionless dust. There amid the stalls of the market place and the animated shouts of the cock fights, the real tenor of this tropic island seems to reveal itself, and then only as one would expect, through its people. At every corner, genuine mahogany for sale.