Oriskany (CV 34) - Naval Cruise Book

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' '- 'ff'l f: ' , 1 7-livfii IGI i' , V, 'Q ' 0 I I .1 ia 'iii I. ' Y Leaving the train for Rio Blanco, high atop the Andes. Goodwill always the password of the American Blueiacket Orislcany sailors rode one ot thc most remarI4- able railroads in the world, which connected Cal- Iao with Lima, Qroya, Pasco, and the mountain regions ot Rio Blanco. In eighty miles the train climbed titteen thousand teet up in the Andes and reached a higher altitude than any other standard-gauge railroad in the world. They visited Indian villages high in the Andes where Indians Iive in a world ditterent in many respects from that ot the whites. The Indian villagers, who seem a Peruvian equivalent ot the Asiatics in James I-IiIton's Lost I-Iorizon, have disregarded completely the trends ot modern civilization. They have Iqept their own languages, a style ot dress, dances, and historic customs that date back to the time ot the Inca Empire. Curiosity, but friendliness always in view. A.

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Z -...... Typitying the pride ot the entire crew in th cruise, the signal gang two-ploclmed the guin just oft Point Loma petore steaming up at the carrier pier, NAS San Diego. e success ot the WYC ape l-lorn Pen- to its moorings A good luck omen in the torrn ot a sea go' x-.as the CRIS- KANYS tirst welcome pack to the States. Dercnng on the O7 level, it was innrneeiiazeiy oaptufeo ano olsoax-to as The new and original Cape Horn pennant is unfurled at the port truclc. N1 'ax s' ,,.- Chief Moneyhun of the signal gang holding our first Welcome Home Visitor on the 07 level. 1 i l