Princeton (LPH 5) - Naval Cruise Book

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R 8zhR Sasebo recalls a number of things. The Paramount bar caught our fancy. It gills vfiiliyf giilgl Egiisgvqihszaileil H351 Spflllilig was near at hand. Col. Dunn and party pursued China factory. And Capt Ski agd ce. ere were tours to Nagasaki and the Fukagawa We returned t Ok. f - I1 Party returned safely from their famous Odyssey. f , 0 1 of 3 Short 0PC1'H'C10n or two. Maj. John made believers out of a ew crunchies when he shot a successful auto with a belly full of troops a igiiellilnngggagz1SzgnVa1g2US gfgl1FS with the ideosyncrasies of the helo, we departed for the Scenery A Worldg f ng. p.1t-skirts were out 1n force and we thoroughly enjoyed Kitchen the Paramo toL memories shall be forever packed into such names as Jimmy's The G01 d Ph . un ounge, Maxim s, Pa.r1s1enne Grill, The Peninsula, Marco Polo's, I en 0en1X,.The Miramar, The H1-Ball, Gaddi's, and the Carlton. This in the fantastic world of Suzie Wong, and how We loved ity In May, we returned to Japan for a short operation with the 2nd Bn, 1st Marines For many of us this was to be our final glimpse of the beautiful country which now meant so much to us. It was Spring, and Japan, the subtle mistress, was arrayed in her most alluring attire. Lakes Yamanaka and Hakone were breathtakingly beautiful with old Fuji-san standing majestically in the background, surveying his domain. The lakes were alive with small boats and sight-seeing ferries, and the hills around them were dotted with thousands of Japanese enjoying the cool, crisp mountain air. After one last dash into Oppama, we departed for Oki, and although this brought us even closer to our ETD for CONUS, and we were enveloped by the anticipation of returning home, it was with sincere regret that we spoke SAYONARA to Japan. She had been good to us and had taught us a great deal, her finest gift being the art of graceful living. We arrived at Oki in high spirits, happy to be off of the PRINCETON, but we were nearly drowned by torrential rains and buried under a mountain of mud. See beautiful F utema, the pride of Oki-Feenokee, the bottomless quagmire! We were so short, however that even the inconveniences and annoyances of the newly established MCAF did not dampen our enthusiasm. Slowly but surely, our orders began to trickle down from CMC, increasing the excitement of our homecoming. These same orders bore a sad note as well, for they meant the separation of a squadron that had worked successfully together throughout fifteen months of hop-scotching the Far East. Our record was enviable, our experience memorable, and our friendships binding. That We should come to a parting of the ways was inevitable, but HMRQLJ-362, Lt Col. E.P. Dunn, Commanding, would remain forever in our memories. Ernest Hemingdahl F. Scott Fitzgoguen

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.sv y CAPT. W. J. CAMPBELL CAPT. S-4 E. R. MODZELEWSKI OFFICER-LOGISTICS ASST. MAINTENANCE OFFICER CAPT. K. D, VANEIC CAPT. EB. SUBOWSTY MATERIAL OFFICER ASST. S-3 OFFICER CAPT. J. J. MCCA ULEY CAPT. R. P. BRAY CAPT. V. J, GUINEE S3 PERSONNEL OFFICER FLIGHT OFFICER OFFICER-OPERATIONS CAPT. E. LARSEN S-2 OFFICER INTELLIGENCE LT. R. J. CORREA, USN-MC FLICH T S URGEON