Behind the far-flung line of battle on the South Pacific front the Navy has established an oasis of peace and quiet where battered bodies and jangled nerves can be nursed back to health. Performing a near-miracle from the point of time and labor expended, construction battalions have erected docking facilities and an air field whereby casualties can be received from battlefields. For healthy but nerve-wracked personnel, the Fleet Recreation Center is a Mecca also -- one spot on the warbound deep that is truly pacific, where death can be forgotten for a brief hour in the sun. Brawny fighting men forget the worries of war for awhile as the engage in a spirited game of volleyball at Fleet Recreation center. Courts were built by the men themselves with cement provided by the Navy.
Categories: Recreation and Rest

 
 

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