Point Cruz (CVE 119) - Naval Cruise Book

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o ship's party . . beer for the crew and food. in the gym an unscheduled smoker and on the ball field . . . the old mon hits a homer . .

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the ship . . . twelve hundred men away from the soap operas, advertisements, disc- jockeys, and music . . . but aboard, the recorded music from the states, or the live music from the ship's band . . . and on the after mess deck hillbilly music . . .

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seem quite fair, but no one seemed to mind .... The chaplain thought up some jewels: we had smokers, a couple of bands, bingo games, beach parties, USO entertainment, guided tours, and disc-jockey programs among other things. But I suppose the real inspiration came the day he got sott hearted -over all the married men who weren't able to be home with their wives when their babies were born .... the Padre went out and found an orphan baby, Georgie Ascom, and brought it aboard so the brown baggers wouldn't get home and not lcnow how to handle their OWI1. . . .