Essex (CVA 9) - Naval Cruise Book

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.,k. UNDERWAY .... l i ll v br V l For seven days we Followed the sun Westward .... Our thoughts still with those we lerct behind. Two thousand miles across the wide Pacific, we paus- l I 1. ,. ed For extensive air operations in preparation For the OIQI. The ship and air group were rusty .... i The pilots and handling crews had not reached the perfection that would come later. . ,. . We learned, though, the hard way .... Wave-oliiis were common... Planes low on Fuel were sent to nearby Barber's Point where Low State was heard all too Frequently .... The only outstanding part oi: the training was our spirit .... After all .... a new crew can't be assimilated overnight. LZ if if if 'fi F if

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