Gunston Hall (LSD 5) - Naval Cruise Book

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THE TIGER BALM GARDENS PROVED TO BE AN EXCELLENT PLACE FOR PICTURES FOR THE FOLKS BACK HOME . TOP RIGHT, PAUL THORN, PETE GARCIA AND JERRY JOSEPHSON POSED WITH A DISTINGUISHED RESIDENT OF THE GARDENS . FRAMED BY THE STAR FERRY ' S NEW TERMINAL BUILDING WAS THE MONUMENT TO THE DEFENDERS OF HONGKONG DURING WORLD WAR II. BOTTOM RIGHT, WHILE IN THE VILLAGE OF ABERDEEN LTJG ECKENROD , BILL MURRAY AND TOM DEL VECCHIO TOOK PICTURES OF THE LOCAL LANDMARKS. . f ,

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FOUR VIEWS OF THE CITY FROM DIF- FERENT VANTAGE POINTS WERE TAKEN BY TOM GAUTHE , AT RIGHT. THE HONG- KONG WATER FRONT, THE HARBOR, RE- PULSE BAY, AND THE CITY LOOKING A- CROSS TOWARDS KOWLOON WERE SNAP- PED ON A CLOUDY DAY WHILE ON A TOUR OF THE ISLAND .

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SNAP SHOTS THE SAILOR WITH THE TOO-SHORT JUMPER WHO HAS APPEARED THROUGH THE PAGES OF THIS BOOK WAS BORROWED FROM THE PAGES OF THE BUREAU OF SHIPS PUBLICATION 250-342-1 , MORE COMMONLY KNOWN AS THE HANDBOOK OF CLEANING PRACTICES. THE SNAPSHOTS WHICH APPEAR ON THIS AND THE PAGES FOLLOWING WERE DONATED BY CREW MEMBERS SO THAT EVERYONE COULD SHARE IN THE RECORD OF THE 1960 WEST PAC CRUISE OF THE USS GUNSTON HALL. FOR THE YOUNG UN ATTACHED SAILOR THE ORIENT PROVIDED A HOST OF DIVERSIONS FROM THE EVERYDAY ROUTINE OF SH IPBOARD LIFE . BILL HOLLISTER , WHO CONTRIBUTED MANY OF OUR PICTURES , HAD A CULTURAL EXCHANGE OVER A FRIENDLY SOCIAL GLASS WITH THE YOUNG LADY WHO ' S NAME ESCAPED THE RECORDER BUT WHO ACTED AS THE AMERICAN- JAPANESE FRIENDSHIP AGENT WITH THE FLORIDA ASSOCIATION FOR IMPROVEMENT OF SOCIAL UNDERSTANDING.