Isle Royale (AD 29) - Naval Cruise Book

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31 J ft Klfl ;i be entitle WESTPAC REVISITED in commemoration of the facility with hich she was ahle to operate in those no longer strange waters owing to the past experience of her well seasoned crew. The Japanese characters on the cover are a loose translation of this peculiarly English expression. They were chosen, however, because they are not only a means of communication but also, when well executed, an object of art. While we in the West may consider thai ' ) which requires some forty thousand characters as does the Chinese or only eighteen hundred fifty like the Jap rather inefficient, the desire of the oriental to include a touch of beauty in hi affairs justifies the arduous memory work and the long hours of practicing behind a brush m his language.

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UNITED STATES SHIP ISLE ROYALE AD-29 SECOND WESTPAC CRUISE 1966 - 1967