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......,,,,, W, - through York Spit Channel. A rough sea outside the buoyed channel initiated many to the throes of mal-de-mer but the journey south cleared the storm area, allowing daily flight operations. Crossing the Tropic of Cancer, the Shangrz'-La entered the tropics on the 24th. The first casualty was suffered a few hours later when a bomber crashed after taking a wave-off. The pilot was rescued by destroyers acting as plane guard but W. D. Reed, ARM 3,!c, went down with the plane. Memorial serv- ices for the missing airman were held on the flight deck at 1000, November 25, 1944. Transiting Mona Passage between Hispaniola and Puerto Rico after sunset on the 25th, she steamed on a southerly course across the Caribbean Sea toward the Gulf of Paria. Making a landfall at sunrise on the 26th, she steamed through Dragon's Mouth Channel into the broad Gulf of Paria, between Trinidad and the Venezuela mainland of South America. Captain Barnet buys 530,000 War Bond from Chaplain Mitchell. H 1 2 fl fi ,l , 3 I ,I V6 5 Q x- ,L
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Gulf of Paria. During the Gulf of Paria operation period the new carrier passed the l000th landing mark-daily operations continued to develop the teamwork so neces- sary to modern carrier war, Play, too, made up a part of the shakedown schedule and recreation parties found the warm tropical waters a relief from the winter weather of the previous weeks. Swimming in Scotland Bay and field trips through the tropical jungles provided a vacation atmosphere sandwiched between long days of drills and exercises. December l6th found her under way again, en route to Hampton Roads via the Leeward Islands. Passing to eastward of the Virgin Islands on December l8th, the Air Group simulated attacks on Culebra Island, located between the Virgin Islands and Puerto Rico. Cruising through the Lesser Antilles, discovered by Columbus on his second voyage in l493, the carrier waged a full scale mock air war on the Virgin Islands, purchased from Denmark in 1917 for 525,000,000
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