Saratoga (CV 60) - Naval Cruise Book

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DediCC'l'i0l'l Tothemen0ftheUSSStclkCFFG - 30. The crew of the USS Saotogo dedtcotes thls crusebook to the 37 brove men who gove ther Ives h service to their comtry. h ther heroism. ond h thei ded- cotlon md love for ou country. A lesson of honor. ltlsolessonthotnosdororMof- rlne wll ever forget. weleornedopchfdlesson. X

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FOREWQRD This is d sTory of d ship ond GD dir wing, buT iT is more Thdn o bore reciTdl of doTes ond Times. RdTher, iT is The sTory of men - men who lived ond worked TogeTher for monThs, edch one Toking life from The surrounding sTeel which bound Them inTo o whole, ond infusing The sTeel wiTh biTs of life from Themselves. This d sTory of how The sTeel come To life ond become o ciTy, o ciTy much differenT from oThers in mony woys, yeT fomilldr in oThers: The sTores, The eoTing pldces, The bdrber shops, The TV shows, The ever-consTonT ebb ond flow of The oirporT on The roof, ond The power pIdnTs which gove The men iighT ond heoT. BuT The power plonis gove This ciTy o differenT Thing - mobiliTy. This ciTy wds for differenT from oTher ciTies in one cruciol ospecT. This ciTy hod o mission. This ciTy, olong wiTh The men who ore copTured in These poges ond who gove The ciTy life, wds To go for from home To sTond by friends, To hone skills in The dncienT drT of seomonship, buT mosT imporTdnTly To be on sToTion, reody To foce insTonT need, so ThoT oTher ciTies bock home could endure. Some of The men did noT survive The soiling: onoTher who soiled did noT come home. This is Their sTory ds well, ond The sTory of oil who soiled in This ciTy wiTh d mission. Through Their Time on boord, The men, The oircrofT ond ship come To hove, in The words of Tennyson, One equol Temper of heroic heoris . . . sTrong in will fTo sTrive, To seek, To find, ond noT To yield.

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