Gunston Hall (LSD 5) - Naval Cruise Book

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WHILE IN SUBIC BAY TANKS DESTINED FOR OKINAWA WERE LOADED BY A FLOAT- ING CRANE AT CUBI POINT, RIGHT. LCU LOADING OVER THE SIDE WASN ' T THE BEST LIKED METHOD BUT ON OCCASION IT PROVED TO BE THE MOST PRACTICAL WAY OF GETTING THE JOB DONE. THE GIG CREW HAD IT PRETTY SOFT WHEN THE LOADING OPERATIONS WERE IN PROGRESS. JACK PEACOCK HAD AN AFTER- NOON SIESTA AT THE BOAT BASIN WHILE TENDING THE GIG .

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OKINAWA ' ' S ' ffl ' ' ' , lAj BUCKNER BAY, OKINAWA, RECEIVED THE GUNSTON HALL FOUR TIMES for LOADING AND UNLOADING MARINES THAT NEEDED TRANSPORTATION. THE SHIP WOULD ENTER PORT WITH EMPTY DECKS , TOP LEFT, AND FIND THE TROOPS AND VEHICLES WAITING AT THE ARMY PIER, CENTER . LOADING OPERATIONS WENT ON CONTIN- OUSLY UNTIL THE JOB WAS DONE BEFORE THE DECK DEPARTMENT COULD HAVE SOME RECREATION AT THE WHITE BEACH AREA.

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HONG KONG THE STAY AT HONGKONG WAS ONE OF THE HIGHLIGHTS OF THE ENTIRE CRUISE. MARY SUE ' S GIRLS PAINTED THE SHIP ' S SIDES AND A GOOD PORTION OF THE WELL DECK RECEIVING FOR THEIR SERVICES THE LEFT-OVER FOOD , BITS OF OLD LINE AND WHATEVER ELSE THEY COULD PURSUADE THE BOATSWAIN MATES TO PART WITH. PRACTICALLY EVERY MAN IN THE SHIP ' S COMPANY BOUGHT CLOTHING FROM TH E HU NDREDS OF TAILOR SHOPS. THE INTERNATIONAL CITY OF- FERED ANYTHING A SAILOR COULD DE- SIRE AT THE WORLD ' S BEST PRICES. MANY OF THE CREW TOOK TOURS OF THE ISL AND AND THE MAINLAND SECTION OF KOWLOON WITH COMMUNIST CHINA OVER THE BORDER A FEW MILES AWAY. THE SHIP ' S PHOTOGRAPHERS PRODUCED THE PICTURES ON THESE PAGES TO RE- CORD THE IMAGE OF THE WORLD ' S MOST TALKED ABOUT CITY. AT THE TOP ONE OF THE MANY FERRIES THAT PROVIDE TRANSPORTATION BETWEEN HONGKONG AND KOWLOON . CENTERAND BOTTOM , TWO VIEWS OF THE TIGER BALM GARDENS, THE GIFT TO THE CITY OF THE MAN WHO MADE A FORTUNE WITH A CURE-ALL TIGER BALM . PAGE 66 HAS FURTHER COVERAGE OF THIS PHOTOGENIC SITE .