John McCain (DL 3) - Naval Cruise Book

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The crew was never wont for recreation while in Perth, as a number of dances were arranged for the ships and were well attended. As in Syd- ney, many of the men came away with address books filled with the lovely young sheilas they had escorted to the various social functions, and the mail bags have been filled since with corre- spondence between them. Cn the morning of the 14th of May, the McCain cast off lines and steamed out of Freernantle, albeit unwillingly, and left a contingent of newly- made friends on the pier waving a last farewell to the Yanks whom they had taken to their hearts.qMost of us will never forget this fine and beautiful city, and the wonderful Western Aus- tralian hospitality. News Saturday May 11 1957 K... Xx J f Just thought we should play one for tha, vzsufo,-S 99

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:iw-is.. .--as4:.,,x..,.,, . N ,.y.- W I Ni- PERTH .. PARADE As the McCain Honor Guard and the other three platoons from the STODDARD, MULLANY, and ISHERWOQD left Fremantle, none of them were quite sure what sort of recep- tion they would receive at the Coral Sea Day Parade. When they disembarked at Langley Park, along the Swan River, they were even more apprehensive. St. George's Terrace, Perth's main street, looked as if every one of Perth's 359,000 people was jammed onto that one street. As the parade marched the l2 blocks and passed in review for Admiral Felix B. Stump, Commander in Chief of the Pacific, all that could be heard was the deafening roar of applause and cheering. The l-lonor Guard, in response, outdid themselves with intricate precision manuals-of-arms. At the end of the parade, a tired, but satisfied group of sailors boarded the busses for the return trip to Fremantle, knowing they had done a good job of improving the American-Australian rela- tions. They were also convinced that Australians were, with- out a doubt, the friendliest group of people that side of the U.S.