Leyte (CVA 32) - Naval Cruise Book

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n nn err A ll THE SHIP S ENSIGN unfurled 1n a cool mornmg breeze The crew some twenty elght hundred strong stood 1n a deep reverent sllence on the flxght deck as mornmg colors were made Then came the words Leave your quarters Make prepa rat1ons for gettmg underway The U S S LEYTE QCV 32D departed on her fifth Medlterranean cru1se Men gathered at the s1des of the sh1p to wave farewell to the1r w1ves and fr1ends on the p1er It would be more than four months untrl the sh1p would return to Norfolk V1rg1n1a For most of the crew lt was a rout1ne event The men of the LEYTE were ready w1ll1ng and able to serve when called upon To others It was an ent1rely new exper1ence filled w1th novelty and exc1tement For all hands It was a challenge and a respons1b1l1ty The LEYTE departed on a m1ss1on of peace and good w1ll representmg the people of the greatest nat1on on earth She carr1ed th1s as ammunltlon from her arsenal of democracy whlch would score many h1ts for the cause of freedom There was no doubt on that mornmg of Septem ber 3rd 1951 that the m1ss1on would be accom pl1Shed The men of the LEYTE hold h1ghly the trust of an ent1re nat1on Wxth the help of God they WOULD succeed , . . . . . ' J . , n ' s Q n 0 Ulu 1 ,v 1 - ' I . - KK , . - Q n ' ' l! - l lan , . . . ... , . . , , . I . . . . . . - 0 a ' 1 n A ' 1 Y K ' . . . . .. , J ' . '- ' . Q d f W y J 1 '