Quincy (CA 71) - Naval Cruise Book

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1 A PERSONNEL DAMAGE CONTROL Nxf 5- SCALPEL-FORCEPTS! :N-1-'- - ' ' , fl I ' A .L ,Q A TOOTHIE! iv ,gf A-fl

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We stopped twice in Sicily, at Augusta Bay and Palermo. Our four days in Augusta were devoted to replenishing. Sltores were hoisted aboard and, sweating, we struck them below. Twenty-seven ships had descen- ded with us on a small Italian town, and our lib- erty quotas had to suffer correspondinglyg but the little that was missed by those staying aboard could, by common agreement, be readily made up at another port. ln Palermo we fared somewhat better. We tied to a dock, and the last line was hardly over before a swarm of vendors had their portable shops set up alongside. Clearly we were sought-after customers. W'e already were growing hardened to the familiar cry of: Hey Joe! Cigarettes? which was well, for it was early and often repeated. We toured the city, which dates back to pre-Roman times. We ate spa- ghetti. Wie shopped and caroused, and marvelled at the city's contrast with Augustag but principally we simply let loose the natural exuberance of spirits that had been cramped for eleven days. Eleven days! sf.