Leyte (CVA 32) - Naval Cruise Book

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Top: Needles. Sharpened and loaded, Ingram, Morris, Peck and Boyer stand by to attack first victim. 4 receive 4, 5 or 6 shots from his tormentors. 14 I Can't hurt a B Division man, says Talkington as he gulps and I stands by for Ingram's inevitable thrust. ,W , NO ESCAPE from the gleaming steel needles for the men on the LEYTE! While there were still 20 men ahead of you, you joked with your shipmates and smiled at the man at the head of the line as he was jabbed two, three, maybe even five times! When there were only two men in front of you, your face was void of smiles and anxiety spread its solemn, pat- tern upon your counten- ance. Before you had the chance to become really frightened, a series of lightning-like jabs had administered the lifef saving fluids into your veins and you were safe- at least for another six months. i Left: MacDonald checks black list to determine Whether captive will ,....i

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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 '

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+. 75 I Xl-N VU A fm V Nr, Lv 0 l 1 x J X1 f ... T'fx A V C-:fuk f' 6 I i. 1 ii nl - .Si E '. E - S r Q 2 y 2' - i w- S ,.,,,. -if i i X 1 1 ' -t V ' , Xf'N 41 1 Whom did you expect? Florence NightingaleP, says gloating Tom Peter Lorre Aikmus as he prepares serum for another unfortunate. Touche and to the hilt. SCLK Jones balances pain evenly between Down but not out. Himmelein stages a gallant Hght for survival. He two arms as he recelves duo-needle treatment from corpsmen. is aided by two sympathetic corpsmen, MacDonald and Ingram.