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Once, when the Philippine Sea was heading away from Korea for rest and relaxation in Yokosuka, Japan, it was Ramsey's idea to give his crew three extra hours of sleep beyond the normal 0600 reveille. At 0900, a dulcet announcement was piped over the ship's intercom: "Good morning. This is your friendly boatswain's mate. It's oh-nine-hundred and time to turn out. If you are hungry after your long sleep, there are coffee and sweet rolls waiting for you in the galley." Whereupon the ship's Dixieland band crashed into...
Another Japanese admiral turned up in the news last week, and offered more spectacular proof of changing times. Kichisaburo Nomura, Japan's special "peace envoy" in Washington on Pearl Harbor Day, showed up at the U.S. naval base at Yokosuka to attend a ceremony aboard the battleship Wisconsin. He came to see his old friend, Vice Admiral Robert P. Briscoe, take over command of the U.S. Seventh Fleet from Vice Admiral Harold M. Martin. Said Nomura, who is still on the purge list: "I have always admired the American Navy. It was wonderful talking to old friends about...
...main bases for repair and service of warships, as well as for staging land-based air. Okinawa, a major base for the Air Force's B-29s, is not now being used by the Navy but is on standby status. So is Kwajalein. Two bases in Japan (Yokosuka and Sasebo) are capable of handling large naval forces, and a twin base in the Philippines (Subic Bay plus nearby Sangley Point) will take small ones...
EUGENE H. WURMSER Yokosuka, Japan...
...conquered joined in the welcome. At the gangplank stood a committee of six delegates from the Yokosuka Women's Association, three in gay kimonos, who bowed gravely and offered greetings (in Japanese): "All the women of Yokosuka have been waiting to meet the wives. We want to learn American ways." As they eyed American legs, it was clear that they wanted to learn how to get rayon or nylon stockings...