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Adventures in Cruising the High Seas with the Navy
William Jansz recounts enlisting in 1927, training at Great Lakes, and serving with the Battle Fleet on the Pacific coast. He details ship life, gunnery drills, voyages from San Diego to Manila, Shanghai, Yokohama, and Guam, and his two and a half years of deployments, culminating in discharge and reflections on Navy service.
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William Jansz
U. S. Navy
Chicago
U. S. Naval Training Station
Great Lakes
Battle Fleet
Pacific Coast
Oakland
California
San Francisco Bay
Mare Island Navy Yard
San Francisco
San Quinton Prison
U. S. S. Melville
Chaumont
San Diego
Golden Gate
Bremerton
Wash
Henderson
Point Loma
Honolulu
Home of the
Brave
Diamond Head Rock
Islands
Philippines
Guam
United States
Agana
Charming
Manila Bay
Island of
Corregidor
Gibraltar
Manila
Pittsburgh
China
Manilla
Shanghai
Hong Kong
Victoria
Kowloon
Straits
Cebu
Magellen
Jolo
Fils
Zamboanga
Yokohama
Nogoyama Park
Nagasaki
Japan
Port Arthur
Darien
Chingwanttao
Ramapo
Good Old “State
Frisco
Pacific
Goat Island
Aroostook
U. S. S. Langley
Washington
Navy