Los Angeles (CA 135) - Naval Cruise Book

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Our stay in Buckner Bay was short but pleasant. We went out on tours to see the island over which so hard a battle was fought during World War II. We had planned an afternoon of entertainment in a Smoker one day in, but the weather didn ' t hold out. Any disappointments were eradicated tho later in the da for we were fortunate enough to have a USO show, the State- Sidcrs , ofTer an excellent even- ing of entertainment on board.

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y - n )ur next stop was the little city of Southern Kyushu. Kas;o- iia. We busied ourselves right away with trips on the ferry visit the active volcano Sakura Jinia. Once there across from city we learned that once the volcano had not been connected the mainland, hence the name SAKl ' RA — Cherry Blossom .lA— Island. i e found back on the other side of the Bay the people in the , were quite used to living with an active volcano. The volcano addition to providing an impressive landmark is surrounded by jsual lava soil which produces the largest radishes in the world. l e found in Kagoshima that there were few signs in English d we made much more use of our limited Japanese vocabularies, e students of the city were very anxious to speak English with and frequently we were escorted around their fair city by these ;er students.