Tortuga (LSD 26) - Naval Cruise Book

Page 23 text:

Now that the Peace Treaty has been 'signed and the American oc- cupation of Japan is coming to an end, I think everyone hopes that the Japanese people will remem- ber the lessons we've tried to teach them, and stay on the right side of the fence with us. We found -out that once you get across the 'language barrier the Japanese people are a great deal like us. They certainly can't get through the years ahead without our help, and without them on our side we're going to have a pretty rough time of it in the Orient. So 1et's hope bygones will be bygones for good! :Ii-NW2ffW2'1fffzu:'mv f.-' . fr''.fff:zf'-4.vf:f.:1.f W 357 6 4 ,K 4, -. f ,4..,.aw2h:59- ..ff...,.-,fx .g 4 M, . ,,.,. ., . 'F K i. F ' - 4715 V -'W ffl? V, 'fav' V v .-,:m':4:.e, v- 4 23213':pgJ-ffiTf-:,- ., , hge :::. 2 ' w'-,z:1- M 'vw :aff-as-if Q. ' '6,g:+y,fQw. ., , ' if , i':'l - I fl f Vf2f?,1'zS2-VT? V .V -'fy ,- '-135' i 1 ., --'t1 ,,. .,! ,,,,,,., 1 , i s ' W' 4 i ,,,. H, Ay., ,, 1 g XL 'M fm , ww 'Y ' 1, ' .,,- - f,.-'fy-11-135 we-jrsvis- 1, f'cc - to, J c r ,,e, L r i -5 7,4 1 I K, o:.:,f.2,A , -f p X ,.,VVk 1 441. my - , ,Tsyff -,,, ,. , gf. , .. ,,,., i, z - -P J y V, , ,ml 1 fp,, ,E 'I g ...,, , V -m3u, A 35- , .. , ' 221 fi'-ill? ,, H .. ,1, , H - . . I was - 'f ' f'e' i ' - 'A - '- i ' ' y - ' -cf- , ,,,, , , ,,.,, - Hifi - ' , 1 i s ' 'fi' '-fir 1, 'S 'S' 'rc' it oose J f r If you rode the train about three-quarters of an hour after leaving 'Yokosuka you'd arrive in Yokohama, a big commercial sea- port and one, of the U. S. Army's main headquarters in Japan. A very modern city . . . clean . . . and famous for its serv- ice clubs and the Hthieves' market just across from the PX. This was the place to come just at closing time to swap yen and arguments with the proprietors who were trying to make just one last sale be- fore closing up. Page Twenty-One

Page 22 text:

One of the most popular spots in the area was the little city of Kamakura . L . just a ten-minute hop away from the Yokosuka RTO by train. There was then-Buddha . . . a ,towering monster cast in bronze 500 years ago . . . and the famous shrine on top of -a hill that always seemed a mile high. At cherry blossom time this shrine was the site -of what seemed to be a big municipal picnic . . . with Japanese families spread- ing their lunches all over the grounds, going boating, playing games, and gen- erally behaving like the local Sunday School on its -annual outing. One ex- ception to that, though . . . .I'm afraid some of the Japanese men brought along a little more saki than was ab- solutely necessary to wash down' the rice. After a few glasses of saki the Japanese love to start 'singing . . . but I'm afraid the Oriental versions of Show Me the Way to Go Home just doesn't quite hit the spot 'with these ears. v 'The Shrine at Kamakura N 1kk0 Shrine The Carpenter kept wondering why the.sh1p kept sinking lower and lower in the water while we were in Yoko suka . . . until somebody got the bright idea of weighing the souvenirs coming aboard Let s see it averaged 100 pounds per man per day . . . times 300 men oh Just ask the mailman He carried It all over to the post office, anyway. Watch out, America . . theres going to be a boom 1n secondhand oriental curio stores next year. Page Twenty

Page 24 text:

efvlb 'N -Qu-lf! 4 n gn. 'ff W - ea X p -f ' X O 51 1 ' ' f 'v. Q s gy, is l 1 ill, 4 . 2 5' 15' .i 4-f xt , p i p - Q h in g - : O - i I A W ' .nl-I-2 A A . ,I , I AA Q15 - pedigrees I U55 rnkcf-u R ,f- MZ g-14 CDi,qJ QDCZTD ,. A last glimpse of old Fugi Page Twenty-Two And of course the girls came clown to see us off Oh, Oh! Look what just arrived in the radio shack! Inchon again . . . and no overnight trip, either. What was that word just passed? A11 hands re- port for stores working party? Oh, my aching back!