Hamlin (AV 15) - Naval Cruise Book

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Kllliillllil lHlll'l l'0l Belying The deaTh which lurked cuT of sighT, The Tranquil waTers and scenic landscape of The islands of Karama appeared as beauTiful as any group in The WesT Pacific. We could noT see The suicide boaTs, Their bows crammed wiTh explosives, lying in shelTered inleTs waiTing for darkness. The heavy foliage hid from us The Japanese who would laTer make human Torpedoes of Themselves, while The land abouT was an ever presenT screen for The approach of lovv flying planes. IT was a greaT advenTure and no man TelT Tear. Page 27

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LEFT TO RIGHT, FIRST ROW: Maxwell, Meek, Clark, Pender, Barker, Schuer- man, Peterson, Lee, Eubanks, Richards, Viator. SECOND ROW: Chestnut Gaskin, Riley, Walker, Moon, Roberts, Reed, Johnson, Abbott, Peterson, Decker, Chellett. ' .Q 5 xx fr '.Z:fi:r:'. ,, is -2 s . 3 M ,A ' XX' f X 5.-P3 ' ',:fs'Yx,,.?a-.:'hI,'f?1, ' f- MN V51 L , fs 'K -53 . ff ss XX! W H X ff ss, ss,.s,,,,,Sgf? 1 R s Q 49 We at X WR ZS? to if N' YW N :af 4-as s- , 4 sv If K ,fs T HN me 0 f' A modern, sea-going, machine shop. LEFT TO RIGHT, GIRST ROW: Tclafek, Williams, Wlreeler, Wilcox, Joiner, Price, Copess, Herrera, Bailey. SECOND ROW: Wolfe, Gor- zynski, Workman, Wilton, Afton, Carter, Wil'iams, Rabatin, Flannagan. llllll III IIIIII Ill Page 26 Standing by for orders from the bridge at the, V' engine-room telegraph. ' I LEFT TO RIGHT, FIRST ROW: McCarthy, Rice, Bischoff, Mefford, Palmeri, Dittmdrm Lee, Young, Kamman, Ingram, Ellison, Ramsauer, Pierce, Rarick, Carlson. SECOND ROW: Brant, McAllister, Nyholm, Olguin, Jenkins, Danforth, Holland, Yarbrough, Grzelewski, Gallup, Birts, Patterson. ' ' Underway, the engineers are at their stations.. L I .1-

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1 On sunny days, recreafion ashore was pleasant, for There were many strange Things To do and see. A Page 28 XJ ,