Sanctuary (AH 17) - Naval Cruise Book

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The Seabees departed the ship when we arrived in lVlayport but the work they did not only played an integral part in our first mission, but earned the respect of the SANCTUARY crew.

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The 13-man Seabee team detached the SANCTUARY for our Project Hand- clasp tour found their work cut out for them in Buenaventura. They spent long hours in and around the city helping to rehabilitate structures and train local officials in the use of con- struction techniques and engineering procedures.

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The People Of Buenaventufa X The people of Buenaventura were rich in a sense because they were able to treasure the things that members of more affluent soci- eties tend to taketfor granted, their families, friendships, the blessing of a healthy child, the challenge of bartering to get the most for the little they had to trade. There was an Important cultural lesson to be learned here, that when ' ' competitiveness and the pressure to succeed are replaced by the more si l mp e pleasures of life, the result can be a type of happiness that vve, as Americans, find hard to relate to The faces tell the story.