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Page 237 text:
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Another typhoon interrupted liberty on the gth, and we moved to the outer harbor to ride it out at anchor and spent an uncomfortable day and a half until the typhoon passed on the night of the loth. This was the typhoon that did all the damage to Okinawa. We again spent the i ith and r2th searching for Admiral Sample in company with the Makin Island, the Siboney, the Sanlee, the Suwanee, and returned to Wakanoura for engine aval party loading Jap , ian on board; ci-iiln: Samt- as abcve; hrluw: Jap battleship, S ' agalo, totally destroyed by fire and bombs rides at anchor in Tokyo Bay with American prize crew aboard. ibnty party boards LSM al i«f Ifnrf iirws: ' okohama bottom: Buddhist Temple in Tokyo. 233
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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
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Page 238 text:
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cporu-d aboard : ,4 Ma ability on the 1 3th where wc remained until the 1 6th when we again resumed the search. ToK •o On the 1 7th the search for Admiral Sample was finally abandoned and wc set our course for Tokyo Bay where wc anchored at 1847 that day. VVe anchored nearer Yokosuka than Yoko- hama and Tokyo, Yokosuka being the site of one of the main Jap Naval bases. That base, incidentally, now Hies our Ensign. VV ' e were -Shopping on the Ginza. A Yokohama family in front of tht-ir home 234
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