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During our upkeep period in Yokosuka we had a ship's party on two successive nights at the Club. Our Welfare and Recreation fund supplied the beer and the entertainment while our cooks and bakers really turned toi' on the ham roast beef potato salad and a tremendous cake A team of apanese waiters served us and a dance band played for us We exhibited a little musical talent of our own as the evening wore on g glers and dancing girls added to the festivities Simply saying a good time was had by all hardly covers this memorable occasion in our far eastern cruise 7 7 . I , V . Ju - ' if ' Y, '
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We tied up in Yokosuka alongside a destroyer tender for any repairs needed and headed for the beach as soon as possible. Having been here before we knew our way around. Each of us had his own favorite bar or restau- rant, but the Club was the main hangout. Here we could get steaks, buy souvenirs, dance, drink beer from four different countries and see.,movies. Lots of us made trips to Tokyo and had an interesting time viewing the japanese capital. .We found the japanese children as cute and appealing as ever. , This was also a period of much turn to. Being at sea most of the time we usually have to wait until we get into port, alongside a tender, to get any necessary repair work done and to get our decks and sides washed, scraped an-d painted. After several weeks at sea there is quite a bit that 'needs to be done. A hatch get warped and we have it straightenedg a generator goes bad and we have it .rewiredg a radio tube goes out and we have it replaced. We will need to take on fresh food so ,we will have enough for 'our next trip to sea. We played- but we also ,workedl
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l m o Most of us enjoyed the bo-mbline assignments most. After several days of firing at the beach we could come back to the Task Force feeling that We had 'done something more concrete than steaming around aircraft carriers. We did a lot of shooting at the North Korean railroads. Ko-rea is very mountainous, and therefore the rail lines are only a short distance from the beach. We could easily get in close enough to drop a few shells on the tracks, on railroad cars, and perhaps on a movingtrain. We also managed to send some of our five inch calling cards on enemy gun emplacements, troop concentrations, cities, factories, supply and ammuni- tion dumps. After one especially effective bombardment mission the cruiser Helena told us You win today's gunnery prize. We all felt pretty proud about that. o
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