Ranger (CV 61) - Naval Cruise Book

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Most Ranger sailors had only three or four days to see all ofHong Kong. Every trip to the beach was a time of great decision. What to do? What to see? Jade had to be bought, clothes had to be jitted. Every square inch of the island had to be explored, not a sight was to be missed, not a bar left unvisited. For the first time young Americans saw the Orient at its best and its worst. The beautiful buildings of the ci.y con- trasted with the thousands of matchbox houses that covered the hillsides. The rich Hong Kong businessman passed by the beggar refuge without a second glance. It was an amazing place, Hong Kong, yes it was.

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HONG KONG ISLAND ' First sailor, GcWell it looks like Hong Kong is of Second sailor, '4No, no...I heardfrom a dependable sourse that its on First sailor, G4What sourse? Second sailor, uThe Master at Arms, of course. First sailor, 4'Well I guess we're going thenfl Dk Pk Rfk Though the rumors filled the ship, and doubts exhisted until the last minute Ranger somehow did arrive in Hong Kong. The plans had been made and the money had been saved, and the minute the first Ranger sailor hit the beach the value of the Hong Kong dollar went up twenty percent. 96 PF PF Jewel of the East, Hong Kong's moun- tain rises out of the bay. It is here the last remnant of the past borders tlw shadow the uture The aging British Empire on the edge of tlw walfintg tiger 3 , 2 rf it Fi .., E- gate., ef 'f - ' r -1 . if ff r' fflf i

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KOWLOON The Red sun sinks behind the mountians into China. Kowloon sits on the razors edge, only a few miles of barbed wire seperates it from the new China, Red China. What the future hold for Kowloon and Hong Kong knowone really r Ran erman who looked toward China must knows, but eve y g have thought that as in the past and present, future history will be made here.