Putnam (DD 757) - Naval Cruise Book

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1 , I f A C- f5 f Like the '49ers, we came by sea. But the city we found was not the turbulent Gold Rush center, San Francisco has grown old gracefully, beautifully. With his engineering triumphs, the two bridges, Man has assisted the Nature who planned her. San Francisco retains the cosmopolitan air of her beginnings, with it she mingles sophistication that gold miners never dreamed of. Where else is night life so charming? And for those already yearning to return to Japan, the city offers a strong flavor of the Orient. 28

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