Midway (CVB 41) - Naval Cruise Book

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|.rll l)c-.illl l|ljrr|| l,,|. lllr lioniir iliiiir ..I lln- lll) W iIm- .I.Mir,.r l.ri.l .- cliair. W hij uniilil lii-il.ii,- .11 ol i iii;: the com- lii.iri.l. ,,r -11, li ., lov.K .Ml. I trim .ki|i|).-ry Beauty admires beauty. Miss Greece looks lliroupli tile powerful ship ' s binoculars across the seas toward a future victory in the Miss Lniverse contest in which he will be a con- tender.

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13 April— SUDA BAY. CRETE 1330— Mis- Gr Tile higliliglit of the reception given in honor of Rear Admiral Dovie and the officer? of the visiting ships at the Mayor ' s Palace in Athens was the arrival of -Mi s Greece. Miss Daisy Mavrakies. Miss (Greece of 1952. strolls across the flight deck with R. L. Ferguson, the ship ' s lionor man of 1952, and her eleven other enlisted men guides.

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20 April— UNDERWAY al Smuktr in Hangar Bay 1. A marathon l)o iii(; iiuitcli in tlic nnji seems to be the orchr of the MIDWAY Smoker as these contestants strive to ouhh) each other to the bell. Bill olkirl of X Division, with hack to camera, and E. P. Melson of S-2A exchange blows whicli led to TIvO of Nelson in the second round. Both are heavvweiphts.