Lunga Point (CVE 94) - Naval Cruise Book

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Santa Claus passes the quarter deck as he approaches the stage. Santa Claus delivers the goods. of the excellent service that the Manus Naval Base rendered the Fleet. As a result, we be- lieve that all hands really enjoyed their stay in Manus more than at any other place we have called up to this writing. Native hut on Pityilu. There were many things to interest us at Manus, not the least of which was the oppor- tunity to visit with friends from the many ships in the harbor, as well as with friends attached to the Naval activities ashore. The recrea- tional facilities here were, by far, the best and most complete we have seen in the Pacific. On Pityilu Island, where we have an air strip, there was an unusually nice enlisted men's recreation area, featuring 'cDuffy,s Tavern, where our liberty parties were allowed from two to four bottles of good, cold beer or Coca- Cola per man per day, depending upon the supply on hand. There were ball diamonds, basketball courts, hand ball courts and tennis courts, not to mention a beautiful white sand beach right out in front of Duffy's Tavern. It was a rather picturesque sight to see the hordes of soldiers, sailors and Marines from the many ships present as they lounged about the tables in the tavern and otherwise made use of the facilities at hand. There were always many of them taking advantage of the oppor- tunity to hunt 'feat eyesw and fftiger eyes' and the many other literally thousands of various sea shells peculiar to the Admiralties. Some of the cat eyes found were very pretty, and there is many a None and only back home now wearing a cat eye ring made on board our ship from a piece of stainless steel which was also 'cfound on the lJC2lCl1.i, Another favorite

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