Tortuga (LSD 26) - Naval Cruise Book

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I've t-old you about the little children you see everywhere in Korea.'The ones that have the toughest time, of course, are the orphans . . . and the TORTUGA tried to do what it could to help them out. This time, as in the spring, all hands dug down into wallets and sea bags to come up with the money and clothing so desperately needed by the orphan- ages. Made you feel kind of good . . . to be able to help these poor little fellows out, if only for a short time. We even took some of our cartoon movie shorts over and gave them a showing one Sunday aftennoon. They loved it . . . and I'l1 bet these were the first they had ever seen! n training ' ' ' Wahdered throu W 6 kept O gb t0Wn and helped ,Out anfews kids . Page Thirty-Eight zike this one. l 4

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Xz1ElC?ME BAC-A. r INCH OM, pf 'O use Tonrogfif 36 fn' :Q i f f f e 'if Haven't we seen this place somewhere before? That ain't Point Loma over there, brother, that's dear old Wolmi Do . . . and this is Inchon again. Yes, son, I know we were here for two months in the spring, but just settle-yourself for a long winter's nap . . . because we're going to have a repeat performance! They've cleaned up the city a little, I see, but that's about the onlyrchange. Oh, the front seem-s quite a bit farther away than it did before, probably because things have been stagnant for so lonfg while the peace talks go on and on. But the harbor's still busy, and they still keep punching holes in the landing craft. The EM Club is still here, too, considerably improved by some wall murals contributed by local Korean artists, and a vote of thanks is due the Enlisted Recreation Committee and all the CPO's for their efforts in keeping the club run- ning smoothly. i ,. M, , ', 5- , W - A' 2.-4 Lf V :iw , 1 , 1 V ' F ' V ,V N q . 1 . ' V ' ' V ' Vu at, , ,1 ,gli ,. ,V 3, 44 Z, W e ,, t 1 , f ,,,,,',. ,,,,, . ,,,' .,,, . f , f ,i,i,, ,' . ,,,., .- ,. ,. 'L lissr s't,1 ,..' ' ' , sV-- 3 is ' ' ' --- chon - - - e mam railroad stat1on In Fleet Actxvztzes and Port Command T There was one more addition to the local scene this time, too. We called him bed-check Charlie, and a few less flattering things with substantially the same meaning. He would usually arrive overhead in his flying washing machine either at 8 p. m., midnight, or 2 a. m. Flash Red! Flash Red! General Quart- ers! H-ow can a guy get any sleep this way! And the worst of it was, we never even saw him! The AA batteries on shore would start what looked like a Fourth of July celebration sometimes, but from talking with a couple of GI's in the outfit my guess is that some- body got trigger-happy, let go with a shot or two, and then the rest all.f1red at his tracers. The worst part of lt was that they'd fire right over our heads sometimes. Wonder what they would have thought if we'd fired back? U4 mint. moi N fr '37 Page Thirty-Seven

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The first big draft of dis- chargees left us in October . . . here they are over on the right. Sorry to see them go, but it's a funny thing. . . they were all smiles when they waved goodbye to us! No doubt a lot of the gang will be joining them soon, and in six months you won't even see anyone you know at quarters. We left Inchon . . . 5 still in ruins . . . and Sfill af Wai' Page Thirty-Nine