Lewis Hancock (DD 675) - Naval Cruise Book

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Life! You speak Joe! Now where to? In your Easter bonnet

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AZORES 11TH MAY- 12TH MAY After five days of sea and sky, the fog-shrouded green hills of the Azores came into view. Soon we were moored in Ponta Del Gada on the Island of San Miguel. The contrasting, and constantly changing scenery here offered vistas that seemed to have come from five different continents. Many pictures were taken of its beautiful lakes, green mountains, and fields that seemed to be multi-colored checkerboards. With the coming of dusk, the picturesque landscape disappeared to be replaced by sparsely glimmering lights that called out the virtues of German beer and the Gar- den of Eden dance hall. But as Cinderella ' s Fairy God Mother warned her to return from the bell at twelve, so did we return.

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• Ponta Del Gada. No, Spence didn ' t catch these. Furna Una Caldeira Hot Springs. 12 MAY- 14 MAY On 12 May we headed for Freetown, resigned to a cruise around South Africa. Soon Shellbacks appeared from the Mess Decks and hidden beds to plot a dastardly fate for the Pollywogs. But as the best laid plans were changed, so were ours and at 0456 on May 14th we turned around; headed for a Confidential Port known to the crew only as Palma, Majorca.