Midway (CVB 41) - Naval Cruise Book

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1 March— UNDER AY 2000— Hanpv Hour-Hancar Ba Reliving the old parody of the woman w}io mistakes a baby photographer for a baby specialist, these four officers from C-4 hail the audience wrapped in uncontrollable laughter. Hypnotist Stuart has Seaman Mathews and t () other subjects under complete Inpiiotic influence. The antics he put this trio through were both interesting and amusing to watch. In a skit presented by the Ship ' s Office per- sonnel, a chow hound smirks triumphantly as an MAA orders a cook to serve him the ■ seconds ' he had previously been denicil.

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14 March— UNDERWAY A once in a lifetime experience i? perma- nently recorded here as fascinated crew members from precarious positions strive to see the whale unceremoniously draped across the . UD AYS bow. hale hoi The biggest iiarpoon in Medi- terranean waters scores on its first encounter with a viviparous mammal, thus forming a whale of a storv.