USS Yorktown Cruisebook, Apollo 8 Recovery,
Cruise around the Horn  October 16, 1968 to February 28, 1969
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Dependent's Day Cruise Nov 23, 1968

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TV's Get Smart Case and Crew Film Episode on USS Yorktown

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Movie Tora! Tora! Tora! Filed on Famous "Fighting Lady"

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Christmas Party held November 17, 1968

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Apollo 8 Recover December 27, 1968

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Apollo 8 Recovery Smooth

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Apollo 8 Recovery-crew sees dawn before re-entry

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"Fighting Lady" Arrives at Pearl Harbor

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Yorktown practices Recovering

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NASA Dummy Spacecraft

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Weather Important to Apollo 8

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540 lb. Cake Waiting for the Astronauts

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Rest, Recreation, Work While Waiting

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Air Groups Embarked VAW-111, Det. 34

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VR-30, Det. "D"

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HS-4

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UDT-12   

Special Thanks to Lt jg Dale Potts who dug this cruisebook out of his attic so it could be put on the internet for all to see.

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Christmas Services During Apollo 8

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Liberty While in Hawaii

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Cruise Around Cape Horn

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Yorktown Leaves Long Beach

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350 Become Shellbacks

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Yorktown Shellbacks have their Day

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Pollywogs' Rule--Keep Moving, Fast

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The New Shellbacks

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Navy Leaguers Make Cruise

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First Stop--Valparaiso, Chili

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Refueled at Sea by Chilean Tanker

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Yorktown Rounds Cape Horn

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Carnival Time in Rio de Janeiro

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Two Pollywogs Initiated

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Yorktown Arrives in Norfolk

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Final Pacific Mission

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USS Yorktown-Significance of the Seal

 

 
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