Renshaw (DD 499) - Naval Cruise Book

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Take Your Pick Swim Fins...0r 1 -'W ET M NIL UNKET Jeepney These are the sights of our Manila Junket A wet city, a flooded countryside. Result: A night at Clark AFB. .sd -Ultram..-...,.,., 'lm

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And Then There Was Subie l 1 l l I 1 i R N 1 t Manila, the home of San Miguel, as boldly stated' by the sign not far from the American Embassy. Below: A typical country dwelling, on the road to Manila. i i i I L. 2 3 i, 91 , . Subic our port of entry for the Philippines The clouds portrait the memory of our wet visit. We arrived in the Philippines during the rainy season, which it was. Those of us fortunate enough to make it to Manila wonder- ed as we glanced at the sea of mud and water in the streets if the return trip to Olongopo and the ship would be by bus or boat. The majority of the crew spent their liberty hours exploring the sights and sounds in the streets of Olongopo, jammed with American sailors, soldiers, and marines, or shopping for leather and wood items. 1 1 1 i T 1 E V 5 , - . . 5 :egg , T 4 c 2 42 '

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From left McLaughlin, -FN Pearson MR2 Longland, 2' A Mr. Williams, DCA and R Division officer. Ship s Jack-Of-All-Trades Rightfully called Handymen , R. divi- sion consists of both technicians and tradesmen. Among the technicians are the electricians, whose task is the installa- tion and upkeep of an advanced electrical system. Working in a World of cables and junction boxes, these men ensure that there is sufficient electrical power for the operation of all electronic and electrical equipment from bow to stern. Theirs is the proverbial task of Let There Be Light . Also involved in this world of cables and junction boxes are the Interior Communications Electricians, better known as IC -men. If the word is passed for the