Los Angeles (CA 135) - Naval Cruise Book

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PLACES riu- fourteen ports we ' ve visited the last se en months have cer- iily been the spice in our lifes, t as sure as our life upon the sea our bread and butter. From waii to Hong Koni;, Subic Bay Chin Hae our ports of call have ) ided fascinatinsj siijhts and im- lal experiences. Ve ' ve seen a lot and learned a in our travels and as we leave s part of the world that sees each IV day first ve ' ll take more than iterial thins;s with us. Our senses have been awakened different sounds and tastes and hts — the sound of wooden getas ipping down a cobbled street, a nisen plucked to produce the uid that defines the Orient; the ite of raw fish, seaweed, ginger oots or lotus flowers; the sight of coanut palms inclining with a ipir breeze, a live volcano issuing rth from unrest deep within the rth or an ornate ork of art pre- tving skills of antiquity. There was always an air of ex- [cment at the sound of the bugle ' s olonged note, when the anchor lain sent a rumbling noise back rough the ship or our first line pped around a cleat or bollard, i soon as sea detail secured we [ippcd to take a look around he- re we set to the tasks that stood ' fore liberty call. Tropical, temperate, historic, in- iguing, freezing, forloni or fantas- c, these are the places.

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FLAG DIVISION IST ROW : F.L. Hartman, J.D. Shadoan, I.L. Balyeat, E. Pontillas, L.D. Fancher, LTJG M.F. Mucha. J.C. Murray, B.L. Delos Angles, G.R. Newsom. R.W. Washburn, J.E. Dare 2ND ROW : J.W . Ehrsam, M.G. Harris, D.W. Stone, W .B. Pond, R.P. Johnson, F.J. .Szell. D.L. Holmes. L..A. Bengry. R.R. Rrceo, H.K. Thomas, I. Calimlim, W .F. Marion 3RD ROW: H.E. Hodgson, J. Tidwell. M.D. .St Onge, ..A. Wilbur, W .R. Mondragon, R.V. Jiminez, K.E. Evans, E.. . Racinio. R.P. Nelson. L.B. .Alambra 85

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