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FAREWELL .san diego On tuesday morning the four- teenth day of September, 1954, the USS George Clymer rested quietly in her berth waiting patiently to begin the long Westward voyage. Aboard, the crew seemed restless with mixed emotions of sadness and anticipation. . . . the Marine troops-ourpassengers-had come aboard the previous day. Finally their Commanding Officer was ' piped ' aboard about an hour prior to getting underway . . . k i » . . . handkerchiefs appeared as the order cast off all lines was given and the Marine Band struck up with ANCHORS AWEIGH. .. IBrj,;;- -
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12 geptembet 1954—19 TUaick 1955 14 September 1954 25 September 3 October 6 October 31 October 8-9 November 13-17 November 19 November-3 Dec. 4-7 December 8-1 5 December 18 December 22-31 December 1—5 January 1955 10—24 January 25 January 4 February 7 February 18-21 February 25-February-3 March 3 March 19 March Departed San Diego, California Crossed International Date Line Arrived Kobe, Japan Arrived Yokosuka, Japan Arrived Inchon, Korea Participated in First Fall and Winter 1954-55 Marlex at Tok-Chok To, Korea Good Will visit to Beppu, Japan Yokosuka, Japan Good Will visit to Osaka, Japan Yokosuka, Japan Chinhae, Korea Hong Kong, China Hong Kong, China Yokosuka, Japan Departed Yokosuka, Japan, enroute Pearl Harbor, Territory of Hawaii Arrived Pearl Harbor, T.H. Departed Pearl Harbor, T.H., enroute Yokosuka, Japan Yokosuka, Japan Inchon, Korea Departed Inchon, Korea, enroute San Diego, California Arrived San Diego, California The best part of the almost 28,000 nautical miles we had steamed was that of heading home and looking for the welcome sight of Point Loma and San Diego Bay . .
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. . . Bon Voyage !! it would be a long tirre before we ' d see our families again . . . ... a few began to turn green as they realized it was their last look at land for 19 days . . . . and now . . . out to sea
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