San Francisco (CA 38) - Naval Cruise Book

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SUGAR REPORTS To all that has been said about mail from home as a factor in morale, we add our Amen, Wlmeri word is passed, Stand by to receive destroyer on starboard cluarter for passing mail, eager sailors swarm the fan- tail to count the bags and estimate the contents. lt is in port, however, that large quantities of mail are re- ceived aboard, and millions of pieces have been sorted and distributed through our 8 by 9 post office. Wfhether they are called love chits, sugar reports, or the honey bucket, letters from the one are indeed the thing aboard ship. , ix' ,SIX xxx lf- i x 'VXN 47+ .,.x l 1 5, -. x 55: E17 R ,sQ' 31',,5Qig Xie A 'ffnf I X ff 1 2- pri' Q i 1-1 f ' J - J, W' - W , ' I 4--2 A ' a he 14 x 1 Hal 532:55 X I

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'FHWW9 ATTU AND KISKA A change of climate and scenery was provided in the ship's next campaign. Ordered to the North Pacific, we par- ticipated in the occupation of Attu and Kislca in the Aleutians. Only oc- casional anti-aircraft hre was encoun- tered, and no engagement of conse- quence took place. The ship ran into severe storms in the Bering Sea and the North Pacilicg the weather was generally rough and cold during the entire operation. Beard growing he- came a popular sport, 2? 7 , X in' 2? 23' JK N

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