Lunga Point (CVE 94) - Naval Cruise Book

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Top: Imperial Palace grounds, Tokyo, showing moat: nm! from lo,b.'lHiro.hitorlives hereg llzinlfrom lofi: A Shinto Shrine .near fleet landing, llokyog bottom: Undamaged part of Tokyo business section. 0 4- sincc taking oll' lroin x'V2lli2lllUl1I'?1 Wan that inorniiig, zmcl our assigimicnt was to make an intcnsivc sc-arcli ol' thc land and sea areas South Ulivvklliklllflllffl Vvilll. Un arriving at the search area, liowcvcr, we ran into heavy weather which made it ncccssa ry to discontinue search operations while wc dodged another typhoon. We resumed the search on the 5th, 6th and 7th, but linally went into Wakanoura Wlan to wait lor the bad weather to pass over inasmuch as what flying we had been able to do was in vain due to poor visibility. Un arriving at Wakaiicmura, this time we were able to arrange for all hands to get on the beach and we learned that we eould finally use jap- anese currency, and that is when we learned about inllation. Where we had previously given a package of Cigarettes or a bar of soap for an item we now paid 40 Yen, which is roughly 32.50. 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 Shinto Shrine, Complete with termites, to a pair of miniature chop sticks. l.11n4qu Pain! Illfll shopping on the Ginza.

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1 l I E l I 5 r I s l f I i 1 Another typhoon interrupted liberty on the 9th, and we moved to the outer harbor to ride it out at anehor and spent an uncomfortable day and a half until the typhoon passed on the night of the ioth. This was the typhoon that did all the damage to Qkinawa. XVe again spent the 1 ith and 12th searehing for Admiral Sample in Company with the .Walkin Island, the .S'z'b01zey, the Smziee. the .S'z1zt'a1zew, and returned to Wakanoura for engine avail- 1. 4 ,, -.3 f' .1 lxgj ...aiu '1U,b.' Ships working party loading -lap riflw at 'Yokohaina a Souvenir for everv man on board: ffffzfrzf Same as abc,x'e1 ffffwrn Jap battleship, Xfigzztu. totally destroyed by fire and bombs rides at anchor in Tokyo Bay with .'XIUt'I'lL'L1H prize Crew aboard. I A , Mk ' V 'fa - f- ' r r return to shi ng iff lnff: I.ibe-rtx paity boaidx IAM at lolty J far , I wid and ffzffd zzfzti: Yokohama bubinews and industrial arf-gi botlomx A Buddhist Temple in lokyo.