Putnam (DD 757) - Naval Cruise Book

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The only foreign port on the home- ward trip. A tourist city in the tourist season. Swimming in the warm Car- ibbean, dancing under the stars and in the splashy nightclubs, drinking the sai1or's favorites - Hatuey beer and An'ejo rum. Motor boats to Morro Castle, guardian of the harbor entrance, where we could play pirate under the hot sun. And a last-minute chance to get gifts for all the family .... i X X X X X 1 l 1 it ' V1 an S , '..f,XX ,yn f IQX ,jf 3 wg ks 9 A, ,f , Q' F, 51,5 ,g gf g X Wszswkffwtwifaw-if WWA! Q-ff7fWZfXfZZfXfffWf4fff s- M sf X '1 -wi s' ft f'f1, sfsfjfpf w if asZXWWlZiWfWiW,'iWW if Z W ff? ?WfffffQ : fit il n, 4 Q f- 1 M s , sys 4 ,, f W . 4 f A ZF W s We AW sis Q f' W f Z :fry XQ-iff ' Xt W KW s ,AQ X Z H W Q .ZSZTWI7 Q7sZP,f'fffX-'Z z , .Q , , a .X f, T, ,, 1, ,X - . , W f Wy, ,7tfX,,f-Myfnf ,- Q gm? '!7sQStW Q,!y:Z-Xyyfi-7X-7iZ'y47Q-Zffwsyfifff Q X fy X ff ,, 1 X W ,470 yt ,X 4, f LW Q W,ff.yXXaXWt,QW SZQWQ, ff we if ,XM M Wysgyff ff, if 1 ,X 'f X Wa 4 Q 7 f fy ,. me 7 ix, X W Xt W 'ws F Wiffwfwi,f1fXW W if X- Ziff Zffff V? :' M Z7 X ,f NS WH smtl uflf Wfww M4'f ?f ff .X 'N , ,gf ig! 5 f i ai, uWf xy 45 ap i JS eff W X iff 4 if M y f t X X f , A fa: 1 1 S 4 , . was 1- 'Z sw,-5' 'f ,.-QC, -g-5, ,,4,:f' .. f X' .- MX MX -V, w,'f,,, tf X , ,. --vw-:f,:f.,v f - -' f -s ' X , . M Q ,' ,I 5 5'.'.m 3-T1 ..tf.,f ' 1' Q Q, X 7 - ,f i v X, X f ' V, X, wf S i 4 2 if sw-5,, iw-521fgQs'4j,2s,Wt fX-Qgfyiqwf fykzffw. 'ff' M t f tai? 0 it fwf,-K! .w4sy4WsW,fXQs,, .yaX!, X7ixff 37577, :'WS?7vZf4,,,,.'Wf'W rf f f 4 it W ff X- 4' W N751 -nf C, 51934 f Q sgjf 9 .Q A U: ,Af WS ,X W ' fp. ,,,. 7 if-W ff' f 6- V , 1 f f s I, .if ,i 1 I ,X , , X 'Q F . . . . but, with home and family so near, perhaps there was a shade of restlessness in our manner as we strolled around the city or savored the coolness of a frozen daiquiri. For the end of the cruise was only a week away. N . X1 gs, 4 ' -Q.. B