Kearsarge (CV 33) - Naval Cruise Book

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Landing Liberfy Pariy a+ Edinburg While Yanks Go Ashore The Scofs Come Aboard

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us. AILORS C0 E ASHORE WITH THEIR 'PIE CE ' EVENING DISPATCH REPORTER i ABOUT TWO HOURS AFTER THE AMERICAN FLEET UNITS DOCKED IN THE FORTH, THE FIRST LIBERTYMEN STARTED COMING ASHORE. EACH i I MAN HAD A SMALL OBLONC PACKAGE IN HIS Y HAND. . Thesc packages are the American sailor's armaments for the peaceful post-war invasion of Edinburgh and . district. They are lunch boxes. The boxes contain sandwiches and some fruit, and N they are issued so that sailors will not deplete stocks of i I I l demand which might be caused by the tive days of the Flcet visit. li'i.-v-'Y1-- Tln- .AtlllIt!l JIT':, with lla-lt'lI'l1'H ' F-I. '1-HIW WI-PH tell Wi-' . ,I , 1' .uirvlv--. l think I+! Illztrrwnt H41 llfliil -llilllil-I-' IVV mlllllllll 1 tzttwtumi init -.rinm-tlttmi x'.1'it gi kL'Iv', th,-H3 ,.tt.f,.' In lltinqcl wr-fp gaming Tiwi Hitt'-rrmit Lniztci, 4'.rI..:tlIy . ,, H ,I .V-.,, .-'art I-.zen evening iii -uni .trimitfl L0 In- tt.ri.tt!ttI II-ld'-IM T' 1I't'mcvs Street, iii'-wtilt-il 1171 rittiwklx' tit lidztxlntituli last 5 I l1CU ll 11H'i:c vriia-.d cw!- it ' Eesti-rl in Nuttzi S-f ,fiitilxx-'.x 5111-I-g V153 - :iii wntclt :ind listen llhlllt' 1.-.inte LQUUCI'llIl!IlGLll't'dI'.'. Sun- is ll wtiri st-zidi-:'.' '.-:ns the . . ' 'ritgvtttvfttl uf iittl: iii tits' '.is ,wg'5.4 .ittvittiittiipg tu tnitixt me tu'.k'itV I :I-d, lent, ms Miilslizpmztit K. li n i I0 l '3 ' . , . Y . -. , , . : ,, . 1 r , Ilan.-', firm 'li-nur-est,-r-. said:-l .l'I'hM Lr Q Slllhtrfly I-il lla , X'lrl.Ii:'w t'. ': ' ' . -1.3 , , .x'lif.xt -it us want to learn 1tS'fwmd .mls glint! IQ dr' Yllld, I ' l., - It' l 'IIITI It I.. .. itvrti' HIUVII U5 DOSYIIWC about mflobifff I,.o:ti' lslxtixd with '1 t'i'v -i- rt fi-i' land while were here. This1it,wn tuttinmnxt- ttzt, friend. tmtnpill-' View Wits CttLIiit'SOCI in l.'VC'l'5' 5 eitduwed with the :mine Knox, was Convurgmion I hum-d taxi muy-Ag. it-ry IlTlIlI'i'S:'l'CI with t'rini'c'S I 'l'i.t- . l.:riertL'.ms aslud lY'tt1lltt1Q'I'- l btflwl l3'll I? ',lS- :HIFI -il'W'l1W'l'd if-Ill lte 'nuts xxtttmg lxts rtiiftttux' to tell Iqiitt- tint-stimtfi nbmtt I-Idt:.uLtri:It, gnitii Siwxlzmd, but they did not ,---,V --p limit- matters all their own way. wrt 'x g i-'xt di-:tl 'arts ltvaird Jtbuui, E ii:-cunliit: riinditions buck limizcf' 5 Un the Svots' side, gastrormmicl 1 qtirsttmts were covttvnmi, and mtzvvy YIJIFI'-I eyebrows ILTH' srmtt , avnmig l':fIl!tI7llVt1h'S 7Tlt'llI-UIICU-fl-1 :fm Fc euliuhztctvtts, but the :fmt-urs pronmincvd tlzi-rm.-lifes iiqrw-ably axirprixcii at thc cost nj foot! Iturc. Why, zvherc I I come from, :Le sklfs thc limit, 1 said one Happy llisuntlcrslantlings The ctiffwrcnt use of morris y caused much amuscinciit. On 1 hearing our everyday expression Q fish and chipsf' one sailor 5 asl-:ed the remarkable question, ' What are chips? Apparently l they are some sort of fry in l America. 4 Another. when asked about tilms. ,lstnrted talking about cameras and ,inot Bogart tit can only be thc W movif-s. 9 Buns and ca!-:cs were , :ill dittt-rent, and utramcar' was :an unknm-:ii word. . In the sumo strain, when the wurd wireless was mentioned. at yi-uni: mtd.sttipin:m said, OIL food in restaurants ashore by the sudden increased i 1 it-r ut flu- X-,':'m,Ii'i't'1I ltzjitti-' in ltllvifltl 1In':1', :XlZt.'-I :ell Iltlwn' 'Willa I .mtzt l 'gr-il-Lv i5E.tt!ii-:I I-vlilt' .tttf'f':'.-tr i.1:.i r .:. is-wl..:nlt in i!iL- i- ftvli. .4 Ljvxttvtlntr LQFIIILLX' it7Iw 31152. xt1..ii0 tif tins-f uxttlt tvlftttvws it ?t'.l::,g in l'Sxt'.ttr:, gmil 134-'.' :izi it--tin: urztntiei ti-ad days .cette p4't'r1ir,.il VIL-tl: CR-11.11141 uv:-nkz. in wiii:-. tlm .uv itll lrml.tv:g1 lm'w.itcl .t:i- tzi- fwirs z1rr.ittL,i-tl t-it 't..ft. 'ii twi- 'l't4 S 1:1 Irs 'itil' tqtluvs . trl ' Eli!-gr. 'L mt tzispvult--tt by this K1:..g .ittrl Lg it-tai in IH-zlrnti-'i'n, :fmt tin- gn. cl..j.' tmlmzgli on inf-ii' rf-t':::1 tn i'.IY.l'l'tl,'iI, 1-lXCl'l'lNl3 RIYEII l'IXl'lilIII'INt1li Fmtt Xtx1i'z'tCtttt :.iaZi41f 'Aint Lett ilwti' :Imp tn .t tttvritii i,mg,g,HrgL- gt, 1.tlu,- ptiri in ritimitttil vin-i't1:i':.s :tt the Forth Brtrlize yirsti-rd:q.' had :iii ext-ilirxg i-xput'ti':iL'e i:i Etti: river. Tlic-y had nit anne vp-rg: f:,r vxltcrx ilu-xr b..12i-rj: tnilt-.t tiring, Ilrwim-1-t'x'i-fl, they llrtftvcl cl' k'.tl lftf' rn--t Nut in-img .wqtizttittt-d w: x thi: iwmnt. ting: :itil 5111: li:tw-'-. '.-.l'c-tv tu timki- tor. I Iwg-' wi-ix: . D- -tic-il tram Burn1i2l.tm,l .ilifuz :WI fund. mit, f. -tflvrttlx' Ili ilu- tzwttv of ties' title. Nlt' .Ioltn liao. Jun., txmmied lin Zztthcrs boat and tiirfk tin-vit mm the lizirbmzr. Latter at land- bztrtlc arrived 10 tziize thc ,mg lpnrty to their ship. I V-'hula the men were in lllurntislzmd. the limit rt-prgq-ny, glive' of the- Bxmfti Sail-.rf :octefy C'I'lICl'IZltlIUfI them Lfw tea - -.-- - .--- 3 s

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BFQBJEQL 5, A Liberfy Parfy Approaching Firfh of For+h Bridge Highland Dancers 3 Q I