Coral Sea (CVA 43) - Naval Cruise Book

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YORK Occasioned by Columbia University's bicentennial celebration, our visit included general visiting for the public as Well as open house for our Columbia friends. The reception aboard ship for the faculty and friends of that distinguished university climaxed this visit which had provided everyone with an opportunity to enjoy the hospitality of a city that possesses every thing in the way of entertainment and interest. Families and friends oifer a cheery wel- come as the bow nears the head of the pier. AGAINST A FA ILI R B CKGROUN f . I 595981

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NE There IS something speclal about a V1S1t to New York whether lt 1S for the first time or after so many tunes that you have lost count but never qulte so speclal as when your first glimpses of the famlhar buildlngs that you have seen or heard about come from the decks of an aircraft carrler quretly movmg up the Hudson Rlver to her berth wlth the promlse of a good Welcome and some of the best llberty in the world NEW FAC A different world to the hundreds of visitors that walked along our flight deck. Part of the tour is ice cream from one of the city's sidewalk vendors.

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TIMES S ARE As natural as a crowded subway durlng rush hour IS the Slght of three sallors at Tlmes Square checkmg the street slgns to make sure that thls IS the Great Whlte Way they have heard so much about Here amld the 1ntens1ty of neon llghts and eye catchlng advertlse ments can be found everythmg a sa1lor on hberty 001115 deslre 1n the way of theatres restaurants and nlght spots Nowhere else 1n th1s c1ty of mllllons does one feel the pulse of New York so strongly as 1n these Well known blocks that l1e between Central Park and the tallest bu1ld1ng 1n the world Three sallors stand t what has been called the Crossroads of the World 1 7 - . a A