Randolph (CVA 15) - Naval Cruise Book

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This is a somewhat objective look at a series of events and places visited dur- ing an eight month cruise with the United States Sixth Fleet. Nearly 3000 men par- ticipated in the Randolph's 1957-58 Mediterranean Cruise, so rightfully there are 3000 individual stories to be told. To achieve a certain degree of subjectivity the photographs are not captioned, for to do so would be to limit-to let one man's reactions serve for the many. The design of the book was to bring together photographs with which each crewmember could tell his own story. The photographs also were selected and pre- sented so that those readers who did not participate on the cruise can in a way share the experience and find some feeling of what it was like. Some things however cannot accurately be shown through photographs. The port cities visited can be shown, telling their varied storiesg likewise the ship's rou- tine can be pictured. Difficult to show though is the monotony and intrigue of the sea-the joy of mail call -the satisfaction of safely recovering aircraft-the last hour of a mid-watch-the first hour in a new port. These things are best told in words. We have tried to present most of everything that went on. Some of the photo- graphs are not inspired and some are not beautiful, for much that we did and saw was neither, some show grandeur some capture excitement. As such was the cruise.

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