Lunga Point (CVE 94) - Naval Cruise Book

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Top: P.O.W.s . Nagasaki : m flight deck just bctoie getting underway from Inp: Outi.kiiii ot Ijuinljcii dua. . d l3akl. btluit: ! ) ; below: First load of P.O.W. ' s reaches ship. Jap ferry boat sunk at Nagasaki two miles from point where atomic boml:) was dropped

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Dcvaitation at Nagasaki. Rig it, nfxt to bottom: These midget submarines were never completed; right, bottom: Ei I Shinto Shrine at Nagasaki Wz 230

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siiuc taking ofl from VV ' akanoiira Wan that morning, and our assignment was to make an iniciisivc search of the land and sea areas South of VVakanoura Wan. On arrivint; at the search area, h(jwever. we ran into heavy weather which made it necessary to disc(jntinue search operations while we d(xiged another typhoon. We resumed the search on the 5th, (itli ;in(l 7th. but finally went into VVakanoura Wan to wait for the had weather to pass over iiiasiiuK ' h as what liyint we had ix-en able to do was in vain due to poor visibility. On arrivinii at Wakanoura this time we were al)ic U) arrange for all hands t(j get (jii the tx-ach and we learned that we crjuld finally use Jap- anese currency, and that is when we learned about inflation. Where we had previously gi en a package of cigarettes or a bar of soap for an item we now paid 40 Yen, which is roughly S2.50. Nevertheless, we all had a good time and it was quite a sight to see our liberty parties returning aboard with a variety of souvenirs ranging all the way from a private Miinio Shrine, complete with termites, to a pair of miniature chop sticks. Top: Imperial Palace pounds, Tokyo, showing moat; n xt from top: Hirohito lives here; third from top: A Shinto Shrine near fleet landing. Tokyo: bottom: Undamaged part of Tokyo business section. Lunga Point i shopping I 2. 2