Dortch (DD 670) - Naval Cruise Book

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Man, dig that crazy raincoat. Some subtle Jap must have lined up the horse . . Grunt and Groan, Jap style. Abanes and Stone wonder who adopted who. Temples were everywhere. Could Mr. Hurt have been here before?

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It sure didn ' t look like Main Street, USA. PS ° nd »yles WerT - C 5fran 9e, too. reet shops At first it was hard to read the signs. Cone y ' s and. Portable restaurants serve the gutter trade.

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Ginza Many of us will remember the ports of call from our own private investigations. Others supplemented their learning by participat- ing in the organized tours that were avail- able. In Tokyo it was Madame Finch, a former teacher at the University, who en- lightened us with her many stories. On this tour we visited the Meji Art Gallery, the Shrine of the Dean, the Theatre, Diet Build- ing and had dinner at the Ambassador Hotel. Remember the sight of the second atom bomb at Nagasaki. On this tour we saw a contrast of the Old and the New Japan. Dick, our guide, a senior at Nagasaki Uni- versity, showed us Madame Butterfly ' s house and related one of the old legends as to how Geisha girls had their origin.