Talladega (APA 208) - Naval Cruise Book

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l l Y However one thing will be remembered of our Buckner Bay stop Our For The .SS no ship had yet come up with a Gold Assault Award sequal by winning a gold ,hash mark we proved we had no equal now all the PACFLT and LANTFLT gators know who is setting the pace for the TALLADEGA is leading at each pole throughout the race orders for Hong Kong finally arrived we toured the city and bought plenty of loot yet we spent most of the time at our tailors-checking our suit you were not in the group without your Kow Hoo shoes or an evening at Club Neptune drinking up booze most of us Japan proved to be our favorite spot the shipihit Yoko and Sasebo for repairs and upkeep many found them liberty ports which can't be beat for the Kanko and Crossroads provided quite a night life with memories of flowers, a week's leave, or a 3585 knife cruise proved to be a mecca for shoppers the phobeia hit various members to buy an AKAI per capita no ship has more .stereos or Hi Fi the Golddust Triplets tried to buy out each store and then theyvran out of money and couldn't buy anymore it was quite a tour this cruise of l962 D to our skipper,-Captain HANNA we wish to say, thank you for guiding us all the way - A the cruise has been an experience for all through your leadership each of us had a ball. ' Alfred 'Annonymous

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t 4 ODE TO A WESTPAC CRUISE lt's an honor to be assigned to the ol' TA that Golden Gator of the Amphib Fleet a fighting ship who can't be beat g 5 Why take our WESTPAC cruise of '62 in January ADM YEAGER said TA go West , we knew he was sending 7th Fleet his best knowing that ln our mission we would not fail and across the sea we did sail ' Hawaii was our first stop along the way 3 out in the boondocks we loaded X4 and 650 tons of cargo-we couldn't carry much more during shore leave the Forbidden City saw our people there . 1 those dancing cockroaches and bugs gave us a scare Then came many days of traveling o'er the sea at Iwo Jima we paused in prayer and commemoration W ll for those many brave men who died for our nation iust two days later we baked a big cake the Gator Navy's 20th anniversary we did celebrate Subic Bay was 'our next long awaited port we unloaded ammo at boondock Pier 4 ll 'lil l l then moved to the Supply Depot to load gas drums galore ll I A ll for R8.R we had picnics at Grande Island lil ll we played softball, drank beer and sunned on the sand li We visited Olongapo who can forget the nights at the Club Rio We and the singing of the RICHARDSON, NAGEL, MCMAHON trio pl ll F. Then Operation TULUNGAN-the appex of the cruise U we unloaded the aggressor force at Mindoro ' T using all our skills It l and like the guerrillas they were they picked ' up their M-l and made for the hills , lg We returned in three weeks tor the actual major assault on the beach T V . - - l war sure was hell with beer, rum and coke wlthlnievery man's reach V li ,,, iil ,.. 14? it ll ll Okinawa-that lovely Far East garden spot ll those many days of the standing by to stand by nothing to do but to go to the club and get high . ix . H

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All Hands to quarters for muster and inspection.