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Beep, beep . . . Beep beep . . . Beep, beep . . . Crudiv 5 OPERATION KQREA It got colder and colder. The lookouts began wearing parkas, then hoods, and finally facemasks to keep out the bitter cold winds. An urgent fire mission in support of the ROK Capitol Division sent us barrelling Within 140 miles of Vladi- vostok. Our gunfire enabled the South Koreans to stem the enemy drive and after cruising through the icy blasts for a week we returned to the comparative warmth of Wonsan for more minesweeping. The period in Wonsan, each day of which seemed longer than the next, was spent hoping and praying that General Mac- Arthur's Home for Christmas drive would include us. Those who went ashore found a deso- late shell in which only brassware and apples were for sale. Chaplain Carr found that the Wonsan Hospital was completely unequipped and ROCHESTER sent sev- eralboxes of medical supplies to the hos- pital on a Florence Nightingale mission. Windmill pilots plan mine search prior 'co takeoff . . . Look calm? But 'cl1ere's a mine bobbing up and down I
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OPERATION KOREA o The Big Mo fupper leftj took over as 7th fleet flagship and we headed for our 80 day tour of con- tinuous action. After 3 weeks of minesweeping we gave our fellow cruiser, the TOLEDO Qupper right, a California, Here ,I Come send- off as she steamed out of Wonsan harbor. A Flight quarters Qmiddlej was to become' an hourly occurance as we operated two helicopters ia search of those big, deadly things whieh had already cost us enough ships and lives. A ' 1
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While xr Wonsan onthe North Korean east coast, some of us managed to go ashore for a couple of hours. There, we found nothing but desolation and destruction. Korea's largest east coast port was a complete ruin. Father Carr, our chaplain, vis- ited the srrfall hospital, completely lacking in bandages and medicine. A quick consultation aboard ship was held and as a result, boxes of hospital supplies were carted ashore and given to the sisters at the hospital left middlej. The children of the school put on a dance flower leftj. It made us all feel a little better to patch up some of the wounds of war.
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