Tennessee (BB 43) - Naval Cruise Book

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,,f Tall spires loomed behind The breakwaTer and a range of Smoky hills Tilled The background. To The righT sTood 1-he modern CaThay l-loTel, while The waTerTronT Teemed Wifh ancienT Tishing iunks and bumboaTs. l lere was The OrienT oT The TourisT books. ColorTul, bearded Indians sold Their wares or begged in The sTreeTs. Benr Chinese coolies cluTTered The sTreeTs wiTh Their rickshaws as American sailors Tanned ouT over The enTire ciTy. ExquisiTe silks sold Tor TanTasTic prices. Seamen sold Their Tive cenT combs, oTTen TooThless Tor 5132 in STraiTs money. Singapore was TasTing The TirsT deep draughTs oT Tree- dom aTTer Tour long years oT Japanese dominaTion and Tound iT QOOCT- Americans sTruggled wiTh chopsTicks over unTamiliar WM, s , , , , V 5 - suv Tood in Chinese resTauranTsg danced wiTh Tiny Malayan girls in The ciTy's amusemenT parks: lisTened To The sTrange wail as a Mandarin girl sang a song oT love Tor her soldier husbandq rode creaking rickshaws Through The TwisTed and darkened sTreeTs oT Singapore, pregnanT wiTh all The mysTery oT The EasT. They drank warm beer aT S3 a boTTleg sTared as Tami- lies cooked Their meagre meals oT rice over a charcoal blaze in The crowded sTreeTs1 Traded American cigareTTes wirh grimy sTreeT urchins Tor Japanese occupaTion money: argued prices wiTh sTreeT vendors oT jewels oT doubTTul value. As iT always musT, The TENNESSEE's sTay in The BriT- ish Crown Colony had To end. The morning oT OcTober 27, The TENNESSEE slipped ouT OT The harbor and inTo The narrow sTraiTs oT lvlalacca, bound Tor The nexT porT oT call, Colombo, on The Tabulous island oT Ceylon. 1 QSEX ar? A A T - X A Ciiy Spread Oui' Before Americans ....

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