"I had never been here, we came in and the first liberty, several of us wanted to see what Waikiki was like.
At that time it was null and void. There were just two hotels and the street that ran out there and a few old buildings.
Daniel Guisinger
We decided we had to swim at Waikiki at night, so we got in the bushes, not having swim suits and we skinny-dipped alongside the Ala Moana Hotel at 10:00 at night to say we swam at Waikiki.
I understand the police frown on that today.
The Navy would give you R&R which was a long weekend.
They had barracks set up at Manacui.
Fireman Ed Miller, Seaman Louis Scolamiero, And Seaman Rudolph A. Turcotte.
From Dole Pineapple out to Nanakuli, they ran a little railroad with a steam engine. We swam at Manacui and when it was time to go back,
we saw a donkey wandering out in the field, so we figured the donkey needed a ride too, so we put him on the train.
When we got off at Dole, we left the donkey on the train. The whole ship heard about that, We had fun.
Sea 2/C Albert Ellis
Souvenir of a wild boar hunt. Turret Captain Roy Stewart holds the boar's head. Ensign Norman Hoffman turret no. 2 officer, is at left
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