Wasp (CV 18) - Naval Cruise Book

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X, V4 hxxyx V - I , if fe V . If H if ffm ,, . r nf f, ,s,,h 1,-1, 2 5 A ,l' 4 I I f , ,LQMJ Z, , , ,, f 5 A REGULATION TAXI FORWARD 'OUT OF THE FOG .... NEVER HAVE FORTY-TWO BEEN SO THANKFUL TO ONE. I I We will not soon forget Operation Mariner and one format, 1'u,f ending, We have let! out traces from White Haven, Scotland to Ulsan, Korea I. some I to-,f tm later realized the necessity. .... There were tense moments and happy ones., there iw :ft the realization as rcmindc by CardinaI Spellman that sacrifices must be made to preserve o I PRE-BRIEFING .... KEEP E 'EM STEEP. 40 MILS OVER AND A HAIR TO THE at In RIGHT E -2-S-, I-lor TO mor vii, , .. if Alf I POST BRIEFING . . .HAND THERE I WAS. . . WHERE WERE YOU ?

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LET'S HAVE ANOTHER CUP OF COFFEE Long to be remembered from this World Cruise are the sights, sounds, and scents of distant lands .... to the tune of China Night alias She ain't got no Yo Yo .... We crossed h t e Equator and now All. of us have the papers to prove that we are Shellbacks .... don't forget the VA-175 Rick-shaw Service .... The UG taste of octopi eyes, dried squid, raw fish .... Sukiyaki .... the Club 7, Brown Derby, Kasbah .... R 84 R at lake Yamanaka, Japan, and the Nikko Kanko Hotel .... and somewhere in those lands is a Fujiya Hotel where water hours are unknown. Oh yes, it seems there was a place called the Matsu Lodge. We have our share of hidden talents artists, iewelers, barbers, musicians, radio announcers, and domes .... the fugitives from a barber shop .... they all combine in the squadron .... From sunny Jax to the snows of F via icey seas and the tepid Suez .... from Via Roma to Thieves Row uji-Son and from Ceylon to Sasebo .... We've seen it all we've learned a lot, and we may have changed iust somewhat. 1 ,nfl GVEFI sleep walkers .... our round men...and those with the Qolden to make up that com I THE STAFF an p ex organization .... Our Squadronl L ,

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Left to Right: ENS. J. J. BURT, LT. R. G DAVIS ENS G A BOOTH LCD . , . . . , R. P. P. HAMBSCH, J. M. NIFONG, LTJG. E. A. GRUNWALD, ENS. K. E. HAMMOND, Front Row: LTJG. R. J. SAMPLE, ENS. D. R. ULMER Second Row: LTJG. J. R. MILLER, LT. W. W. TILGHMAN, JR, LTJG. R. S. AGNEW, LTJG, J. R. LEAR, LT. E. F. CHRISTIANSEN, LTJG. D. C. SATTLER ENS. A. J. KEIRAN Third Row: LT. H. M. HOWSER, LTJG. W. A. ROSS III ENS S W TURNER LT D , . . . , . . L. RUSSELL, ENS. R. H. REYNOLDS, LTJG. C. M. SHAW 1 ' x ,Ta c'. E, , N dy aw-vin' 'V Us-N. iv -,A W.. Left to Right: ELLIOTT, J. C., PUGH, R. E., HUOT, V, E., STARKS, P. E., ELLIOTT, N, S.- HAWKINS W Front Row: FERGUSON, S. F., HICKS L L - SLAVEY E , , . L., O'KANE, D. R., ' ' ' ' PEEPLE5' A' D+ JOHNSON. N. L.. ZARTMAN, H. H., RRESLER w Second Row. MCGRATH, C. B., CHIARELLA, 5. J., Russo, E. A., ELLIS I-I ' ' . RENAUD' . . R.. MISNER, R. H., LA FARGE, s. E., EINNELL, L. W., TAllEYf W' P S C H, C. J., JAVA, M, E., SZELAR, C. HILBLIN, P. R., RODCERS, I. E., VICIL M. L- PETERS N C - WILLIAMS R L- CHESTER, C. E., ROBERT' '