Greenwich Bay (AVP 41) - Naval Cruise Book

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Saturday Night Bingo Saturday night. What do those words make you think of? In thc U, A, it's music... dancing. . . the movie you've been waiting all week to see . . .The Perry Como Show. . . Z1 night on the town, On the Galloping Ghost, Saturday night means only one thing. . . BINGO! ! ! These Saturday night Bingo Ses- sions were our most highly anticipated, cher- ished and relished moments while we sweated through the summer, With ten BIG prizes everyweek rangingallthe way from German coo-coo clocks to Schicks lady's shavers the crew eagerly planked down Sl. 00 per card and wondered why B-11 never got called. Actually the prizes really were the greatest... especially the 12-day survival kit fsoap, toothpaste, deoderant, razor-blades, ete.l. Occasionally, the jackpot blackout went up to S100. 00. . .then BINGO became a blood- letting battle . . . a tension-packed struggle that gnawed at our guts but seemed to say: 1-gr i Who'S going to win tonight? Shut up fool, we're on the air. Bite your nails and pray for 'B-11'. Sud- denly it was all over. . . some cat that didn't even need the loot had cleaned up, At least the worldly cares of Friday's 79 on zone in- spection had been forgotten completely. And then 180 love-starved men who could have used that 100 skins muttered. . . That's the breaks . . . and settled down to the Saturday night Western to watch Tim IIo1t slug it out with Brad Barton and his gang. I Z. J si . r ' Hr- 1 rv, Y VA 3 Q., 'Q' ' w I X .-M, ' A-if ' .ts .r 1-. : ,au ' S . . x I il X f '03 I Q Sl. The tense last number. -if ir R . '- .I Please, I don't read over your shoulder. A 'A An. ta. ,ff .' ,i.l:,:' avu' 1 '. 0 N x' A 4,4 li I 4 One number in twenty Calls, the free 0119-

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1 .4 -' - ' , - 1 Gateway of India Bombay, India Bombay, withits great arched Gate- way of India standing like a colossus next to the harbor, beckoned us to the best liberty in the Middle East area. The crew sallied forth into the midst of the city and soon became accustomed to the met- ropolitan type of life it offered. Visits to Hindu temples, the beautiful Hanging Gardens and all the wondrous sights of Bombaywere enjoyed by all hands. Here we found ourselves in a shopper's para- dise and few were they who could resist the brass works, the hand-carved objects of ebony, teak and rosewood, and other works of Indian art. Here also the GREENWICH BAY staged a highly suc- cessful People To People Program en- tertaining countless guests on the for- ward boat deck. In return, we found the Indian Navy to be gracious hosts who feted us to buffet dinners, swimming parties and athletic events. The local press car- ried pictures and stories concerning the G, B, each of the seven days we were in port. , ln'-u..,.... -vi ' Street Scene. Mysterious India. It only hurts for 3 little while. . -' M If I 27 W ' ' :ls Y 5. av. 1 F D r . A ,.f ' Q. 5 ' 'Q -as f ri, -.. I5 nr' 3 is