George MacKenzie (DD 836) - Naval Cruise Book

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XAf? Late March, All over for the Mac in Wonsan In less than three years we had spent almost 70 days in the harbor of the most shot at city in the world , shooting and getting shot at. For- tunately we were shooters more often than shootees. Once again we were a part of Task Force 77. This time for two months. The worst of the winter had passed. Except for an occasional bombardment mission along the East coast we spent most of our time sweat- ing the carriers. When we left 77 in mid-May we figured we could handle the job in our sleep.

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The first of the cloffiing for the youngsters on Yodo goes over the side. MILWAUKEE SENTINEL ) Tu.l.. No,. 18. 1952 P.rt I, P,q, | Pupils Send Clothing to Korea Island The suffering fTOm bitter cold and exposure will be relieved con- siderably this winter for a group of about 300 Koieans on an island In Wonsan harbor. This was assured Monday when Were those kids happy? A ieep deposits the gear in front of Yodo ' s only school. 35 boxes of winter clothing left sent it over in a small boat. Kay Milwaukee for a rendezvous with accompanied it. and later wrote: a destroyer .it San Diego, to be I shall always remember the carried the la,?t lap of the journey j heartrending scene of a little Ko- to the island r the hold of the [ rean girl, not more than 5 or 6, ship. I as she had her bare and all but frozen feet swathed In two pairs WITH SENTINEL GIFTS of woolen Navy socks and a pair The clothing was flown to the of shoes three sizes too large. West Coast m Navy planes along There are literally millions of with Christmas gifts from senn- Korean children who will be in ' readers ' wounded ' ■ - J ' ..... -.1 tor summer weather. CREW TO WOBH The ship ' s crew gathered 60C pounds of their own clothing and the same plight this winter But not the 300 on that particu- lar island. The MacKenzie ' s crew members and the Whitefish Bay school children saw to that. This was the first pair of gloves he owned. A ROK Marine Corps Major helps Miss Pak try on her new sweater.

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The Mac ' s ace deck gang transferred Korea ' s Commodore Kim from this bucking ROK PF without even getting his feet wet. » -- ! i ' n4 The best destroyer band in the Pacific. f-sJrW! The Corsairs come home. We found time to take advancement in rating exams.