In the Fall of 1977 the U.S.S. Kitty Hawk left San Diego for the Western Pacific.
I was a 21 year old Second Class Petty Officer going on my first overseas cruise.

Wednesday, September 15, 2010

Wednesday 23 Nov. 1977

"Pulled into Yokosuka today and got liberty at about 2 o'clock.

Roger & I  went out in town last night. We went to a Shakey's and had a pizza & pitcher of Japanese beer. It's kinda neat here except that you definitely feel like a foreigner, everybody's speaking Japanese & you can't read any of the signs.

The money here is neat. $1.00 is 240 Yen. After you get the hang of it, it's really easy to figure out prices. The Japanese beer is pretty good, but costs 300 - 350 Yen a bottle in town."

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