Soley (DD 707) - Naval Cruise Book

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- l wk- 1- I is Editor's note: the production of this book was truly o loint operation . The cooperation received from all hands was exceptional - and sincerely appreciated. The entire layout is due to the talent and long hours put in by Cronin, SO2, and Brooks, RD2...the ort work similarly came from ENS. Armstrong. ..the bookkeeping was handled by Hodgkins, RM2. . . LTJG Winans acted as chief c lt ' onsu ont . . . Gerse, TE3, and McKenney, TE2, became staff photographers. . . LT JG Benton was on es- pecial lifesaver on pictures . . .so were Brewer, MM2, Conrcn, FPSN, Whitlinger, EN3, Purmell, YMSN, Longstreth, SO3, Charlie Noble, BMC, and the Atkins - FT3 and BMSN . . . Nocca manned his typewriter to help . . .and LTJG McDonald came out of the supply of- fice long enough to do c fine set of illustrations. . .C 8- M Offset Printing also deserve our thanks. ..and the many people who are unmentioned here have hel ed in P producing the Cruise Book. ENS. Biety Sunil EK' ! MM .QV V

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I . .w-A X s U. '- i4.u'kF.a-char' A . ff . gs- -.ph Vx T'- xx M August 10. . .at about 0700 the Cavalier Hotel came magnifi- cently into view. . .at 0818 we were abeam Cape Henry Light. . . at Fort Wool, customs officials came aboard. . . thenthere were the harbor tugs letting water far into the air...the beautiful coal pier . . . and finally pier 21, a band and USS Slerra crowded with waving friends, wives, parents and children. . .hamecoming. . . It tools us 219 days to earn this sight. We lcnew that the only event better than steaming around the world - was coming home. On crulse, the image of home and friends came constantly before the mind's eye. But our arrival - actually being home - surpassed all expectation. Sometimes one can say, lt seems as though l've never been away. We had been away too long for that We could a reel f PP ate better. Home for us had a strange freshness and lreeness that we had never known before. for 4 url is