United States Naval Academy - Lucky Bag Yearbook (Annapolis, MD)

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mmmm . f El r Bs Norfolk at night ' ith our first ie v of the might - elements of the Cruise Squadron anchored in the baw we realized that soon all we had learned throughout plebe ear was to be put to test, ' e were going to sea. How would we like life on board ship — would we get seasick — how would we like Europe — these and manv others were the questions which the next two months would answer. A cjuick trip to Norfolk to pick up the XROTC midshipmen: and before we knew it, the shore line of ' irginia faded into the distance. Our first davs at sea were met with mixed reactions — e er thing was so new, so different from anything we had experienced before. ' e were to li e and learn as seamen. Later cruises taught us specialized phases of naval warfare and shipboard administration. Second Class Cruise we learned the technicjues of com- bined amphibious assault and how- carrier based planes revolutionized fleet operations. First Class Cruise we supervised the jobs which we liad learned two ears before. Field Dav

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. otre Dame Catlieclral, horn the Left Bank 7mnce 9. OR some, the highliglits of Youngster Cruise were liberty in France and the tour to Paris. With cameras in hand and with what we tliought to be sufficient money in our pockets, we descended upon the cultural center of Eu- rope. The Eiffel Tower, Arch of Triumph, Ca- thedral of Notre Dame, and Parisian night life were musts on the lists of things to do and see. Most of us returned penniless, retaining the memor of four wonderful da s in Ga Paree. The Parisian skyline, studied from Arch of Triumph, was level from hori- zon to horizon, broken only by the Eif- fel Tower.