Kearsarge (CVA 33) - Naval Cruise Book

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'ti Fi . -1 Twas thc night bclarc Chit all ough s The men were lamenting e etgth O . The aircraft were parked On the flight deck with Care, And each pilot hoped That his would stay there! Pri-fly was empty, With no one in sight. And Air Ops secured For the rest of the night. Each idle pilot Was tucked in his sack, But the radars were ranging And picked up a track. Air defense! Air defense! Rang out the coll, The blare of the bugles Wake one and all. They all manned their stations Each readied his gun, Waiting for Bogey To make his first run. But lo and behold From out of the night Came a reindeer coll And a wondrous sight, For there, busting mach In his little red sleigh, Was an elfish old man With a long beard of gray. He entered the pattern, Made a long break, Turned at the beam, And flew down the wake. His tail hook was downf His canopy shut, As he pulled on the reins For a reindeer cut, His landing was good And as smooth as could be. And there sat Saint Nick: He had grabbed number three! He passed out the presents With a grin very wide, Not a man was forgotten On this Christmastide. As he shot oft the cat, He was heard to remark, It's the egg in the beer That gives you the spark! O Ltig James J. Dagdigian ATAKRON 96 Qs,-Q Christmas at home ...and at sea. lift! I :rn - A X , . A. A g-.., ,. . I-5.5.1 - T El-i .-xc Nia New Year's eve celebration

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man responsible Nikita Klwruslwev. , -' 1- V. And the world moved on... Orval Faubus, Governor of Arkansas, Little Rock inter- gration incident, Sept. 1957. Controversial trial of SP3 Wm. S. Girard and the Braves win the World Series Sputnik worlds First satellite Oct. 14, 1957. ..tirst space traveler Nov 13 1957 e E , H '71