Tortuga (LSD 26) - Naval Cruise Book

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Some guys have got it made! Who? Why the ones on occupation duty, who else? Maybe they don't give things away free in the shops any more, but a serviceman in Japan is really living, anyway! All the best facilities of the nation are reserved for the occupation forces, and Uncle seems to have gone out of his way to make things easy and pleasant for you. Private cars on trains, -service clubs better than most in the States, and plenty to see and do all the time. It's funny . . . the Japanese people themselves seem to think Americans are the greatest there is. You can walk down a street in Japan at mid- night without a worry in the world, and I cer- tainly couldn't say that for the Philippines. Of course, let's not kid ourselves . . . the Japanese are making many a buck off all of u-s. You 'can almost feel the prices in the souvenir shops ris- ing whenever a carrier or battleship comes into port But why worry? The merchandise is still dirt cheap if you keep your eyes open and learn how to haggle A 1:---a '54-a-3'Z-': - so 6 'Gp ff as 3 , ,Z W ! i V 1 by f , I Y J' U' 9 4 Jams Our Welcoming committee . . Aband...Gir1s... and lots of laughs! Page Sixteen The Navy Yard Yokosuka, japan

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i l l Swing her around LCM's alongside And it was cold, bitterly cold, all the time. Sure, we thought we had it rough, but not a man aboard won't admit that the guys we dumped on the beach had it rougher. When it comes to things I'd rather not do, spending a winter in Korea is at the top of the list. '- Tugpnggitwexlg' N0 H460 vb - MORE LlBERlY,'1LL DRILL You aouieesrynf Q lu ,, - :gif f GX1K6C9lE'X7Y 'ls1- 'T .W v 'l ' ', A3 A s e 1' lr7EH ---:. E was e x e ,X as f u..a - -,... AQQ, it EEQ , XX 'si j ln, 1 , 62? ,-gfs f..,..em. W1 Q 33' - e ,M j ,EQ XM4 Q ll-Tl! Q ,Q LDDLUOG J 5 ? isam GSE xt3E Lb ' D Q M I 9 tml le K Q if 0: R X Tumi., 1uArcAn'r BE AN Lsr! if! Xa- l ' 'QQ ummns caan rue sAcK ,,' a',,Nm sX l Q , K U XX e f , l .-'A ' , , - ,Vf ,gk A ,. ,.,, V an S XX L,-5 A Now here's some good news! We're going to get a good look at Japan at last! Yokosuka in March . . . let's go!! Page Fifteen

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Y F w V I l 1 You don't see many signs of war in Japan any more . . . most of the skeleton buildings are new ones going up. Tokyo is a bustling, modern city. . . mostly. It's a little tattered, torn, and run down at the heels even a few blocks away from GHQ in the Dai Ichi Build- ing, but the streets are crowded with shops and people, nobody 'seems to be going hun- gry, and I guess everything's OK. There are taxis, taxis,- taxis everywhere. All shapes and sizes . . . and none of the drivers quite under- stand English. By the way, I wonder if I'll ever get used to driving on the right hand side of the road again after all these months of just the opposite in Japan. Tokyo Street Dai Ichi Building--General Headquarters . Supreme .-Allied Command , Traveling Salesman A Country .Shrine Former f-Summer Home of the Japanese C Crown Prince Page Seventeen