Tortuga (LSD 26) - Naval Cruise Book

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A lot of Korean civilians have come back to Inchon already, although I can't see what they think they've come back to. Most of them have to'bed down in little huts made out of rusty corrugated iron roofing and fallen bricks . . . and they'd all be starving to death if it weren't for the food the Army gives out. The kids fol- low you everywhere . . . poor little devils. They beg . . . they steal . . . and they drive you crazy trying to sell you a shoe-shine for a few cigarettes. Like all kids, they're cute . . . but I wish somebody would give them a bath! Page Twenty-F our Korean Laundry -,-' t f' Xvfif f251.f1f.:,1:1-',i.,fv ' , 47- i 'i'. ' , 1 5:15,-1-Z to hiri i , at lylh f rari n . n , I - ' I ' 1,- 4 ff g .. f il --4, W, L.- .1V.,., ,,.,,-,.., -.L..,,. V,,.,-.,1.,i,-1,- i ....r: 1 ,,.1V1:1 -.11 275' Iii'-it 4 -sflv -51212.-5-fi ,, ' r,. 1'z'wv'f1 .V . ,., ,,., i L 1i,V:1f3!L'3:1 , 11-3,,V.i4:L:11L: Zyl? ,.., .1 V, , . n ' rr 1 if if 7, -. ' z, 1,3 I- i az' f 4 V or tr A53 M. W ,,,, ., W ., 7 4 as 3' 4 i, 9 ww? 111:M-,':-'faei:1Gx:QE'f ' ' 5 xx. . ii-:JJ EQ5:,,':Sf'1'f11f:,'251i-: i -1'- . . K . V- '4.v:,:35.13,:1-,-1351-3Q:k5w,7y5il.f35. f ' - f . I, ' ,- , L, I N Krrk 3 ig Q.'E5gEI1'1:'1-121 -K ' - 'V .x 5 - ' yi' :f2f52,lQfQ ESQ-1-27':g. 'f 1-:1241::t:gi:,5z.-lim Gr, n -. . X- - Ax 1-A-gk,-1 I n . I hopped a. jeep ride over, to the far side .Of Inchon one day,. and took a look at the old Japanese submarine pens there. From the size of the shops and the building ways,. they must have had a very big operation. One sub is still on the ways . . . a cargo and personnel job . . . and it looks as though one push would send it down into the mud. No soap, though, the launching wheels are rustedftight to the rails. Four more subs lie in a rusting heap at the bottom of one of the mooring slots . . . com- pletely uncovered at low tide. The Jap- anese Rising Sun is still visible -on the conning tower of one of them . . . even the high tide does'n't quite cover it. Pretty quiet around there . . . I guess the place is dead.