Dutches (APA 98) - Naval Cruise Book

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the vessel. Y Q mmng l'6l sailor and Seabee paSSe1'1aers going home on the Nav ' t ' the clituise Eitelrgminable. Reasoning somewhat speciouvlsliribhatlciiii - t ' t ' ' - - 18 24 mon S lI'l e acific that they had done their share in Winning I r, they were not too eager to do their present share of the menial tasks messing and berthing details as required by law of all embarked A ed IL1 . L .I . -1 '. . I I - e 1 rm Personnel However as the Ladys curving easterly course qrghed orthward into the bracing supra tropical climate obtaining north of th Islands, the recalcitrants took on new life and turned-to under the on of the ll passenger officers. When the Dutchess cleaved her way in through the now familiar Golden th 7th f A t h t Isate-on e o ugus er s ate of training and military readiness was yvelopipg very nicelyg in another 3 months, she should be a crack ship. Alter anchoring 'and indulging in the sackfuls of damned-up personal mail, the Organization ran head on into a series of orders directing the Dutchess to ,make ready for the great D-day to come. . . The most' vital time factor of World War ll's progress-namely-that the flow of supplies land the speed of advancel, was determined not by the air- p1qne'but by the speed of the l5 knot ship-was indicated in the necessity ofthe Dutchess taking aboard in mid-August all materials required for a ,lgnding on Iapan in November. By the time the Lady underwent the usual 10-day emergency repairs and loading period, and by the time she reached the Philippine Staging Area it would be mid-September. Another month would be spent in necessary training with the troops that the Dutchess would land on the target, then the final combat load would have to be secured below decks, and the ship underway in late October in order to meet D-day at the target. lt was a long sequence of operational stages that the 98 was em- barked on and under the urgings of the responsible personnel all hands turned-to effecting repairs, loading the required stores, and painting ship in order that she would meet her obligated dates on time. Coincidental with the feverish preparations for her next mission, the 'Dutchess recreational activities intensified into the usual slightly frenzied Wartime effort to crowd two months of 'lliving into 7 nights ashore. ' The .Navy s Wartime, home was thronged with Uwhite hats and bulged with civilians too. Renewing friendships established in Iune, the Dutchessmen embraced the recreational fervor with pleasure. For the first time csince February, short K4-dayl leaves we-re granted to 75 '70 of the officers and Sfl fi of the men. Officers 'and men with west coast homes were able to see their families, and the in- teresting life of Northern California towns and, scenic resorts were enthusi- astically participated in by the rest of the ship s persarmel- r Suddenly the cataclysmic shock of the atomic bomb was rapidly followiii by the Stunning impqct of the Iapanese agreeal to surrender. On August, nl, the astounded people of the Dutchess were incredulous: lt couldnt el. hands were mentally prepared for, or were resigned to, another gears fighting. Particularly the veteran minority who had been 929096, Wgl eflemy since the beginning five years earlier, and who had :SU1CC?1'1Sg1fE2VZ to accept war as a normal human activity, found it difficut o G there was no more enemy. U l 7 ,, . 'CRCG ashore the Dutchessmen soon caught the contagleus exhlhrqttgn the Qrowds of gleefully laughing, CFYUWQI SiUQ1Fi9f ShOutf1ag'.Sfri?g1mg civilians. Strangers danced about arm in armzhal 191155. liquor 870 Years were kissed: snake dances wound about Ct e sdre roimd bn , the dinky little cable cars were spun aroun an G I t time the 3rd typified the increased military efficienc A bt S' A 431 D

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